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Countries Closest to the Centre of Europe

Can you name the countries which are less than 1,000 km from the centre of gravity of Europe as calculated by the Institut géographique national?
Distances were manually calculated using Google Earth
If you want an especially fun experience, don't look up where the centre is
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Last updated: April 6, 2021
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First submittedApril 4, 2021
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km
Country
miles
0
Lithuania
0
34
Belarus
21
132
Poland
82
135
Latvia
84
156
Russia
97
303
Ukraine
188
325
Estonia
202
496
Sweden
308
559
Finland
347
km
Country
miles
634
Slovakia
394
698
Czech Republic
434
727
Germany
452
729
Moldova
453
745
Romania
463
751
Hungary
467
807
Denmark
501
899
Austria
559
943
Norway
586
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Level 51
Apr 4, 2021
I took this quiz thinking Austria was in the center (you too). I was dead wrong.
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Level 74
Apr 6, 2021
I think in a historical sense Austria, is pretty central, probably Switzerland even more so, but because of the huge area of Russia, the centre of gravity is more east than one would expect.
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Level 74
Apr 6, 2021
It would be interesting to see where the centre of gravity population-wise lies.