Hectare

hectare (GB)

hectare (F)

ettaro (I)

hectárea (ES)

hectare (PO)

hectare (N)

Measure of area with 10,000 m² (roughly equivalent to a football pitch 120 x 80 m); one square kilometre consists of 100 hectares. The word hectare is composed of the Greek hekt(o) for "hundred" and ar and means 100 ares. Hectare is commonly used in European viticulture to indicate the area under vines. The maximum yield per wine-growing area or appellation or also smaller units/types of wine is defined in hectolitres (hl) of wine or in kilogrammes (kg ) of grapes per hectare (yield per hectare). The acre, which is common in England and the USA, corresponds to 0.405 hectares (just under 2.5 acres/ha). One hectare consists of four acres (old area measure).

Hektar - Graphik und Weinberg

Area measurements

1 hectare = 10,000 m²
1 hectare = 100 ares
1 Ar = 100 m²
1 km² = 100 hectares
1 hectare = 4 acres
1 acre = 0.25 hectare
1 hectare = ~2.5 acre
1 acre = 0.405 hectare

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See also the world ranking list of vine varieties according to the size of the vineyard area in hectares under vine variety, as well as lists of other common units of measurement in viticulture under area measurements and girth measurements.

Vineyard: by Petra Söhner on Pixabay

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