Foot (unit)

====Obsolete feet details====
In the table below, arbitrary cut-off points of 270&nbsp;mm and 350&nbsp;mm have been chosen.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Location
! Modern country
! Local name
! Metric <br />equivalent <br />(mm)
! class="unsortable" | Comments
|-
|[[Vienna]]
|Austria
|{{lang|de|italic=no|Wiener Fuß}}
|316.102<ref name=Bruhns/><ref>[[:File:Fußmaße1.jpg|File]]</ref>{{circular inline|date=February 2024}}
|
|-
|[[Tyrol (state)|Tyrol]]
|Austria
|{{lang|de|italic=no|Fuß}}
|334.12<ref name=DE1842/>
|
|-
|[[Ypres|Ypres (Ieper)]]
|Belgium
|{{lang|nl|italic=no|voet}}
|273.8<ref name=Flanders/>
|
|-
|[[Bruges|Bruges/Brugge]]
|Belgium
|{{lang|nl|italic=no|voet}}
|274.3<ref name=Flanders/>
|
|-
|[[Brussels]]
|Belgium
|{{lang|nl|italic=no|voet}}
|275.75<ref name=Flanders/>
|
|-
|[[Hainaut (province)|Hainaut]]
|Belgium
|{{lang|fr|italic=no|pied}}
|293.39<ref name=Horace/>
|
|-
|[[Liège (province)|Liège]]
|Belgium
|{{lang|fr|italic=no|pied}}
|294.70<ref name=Horace/>
|
|-
|[[Kortrijk]]
|Belgium
|{{lang|nl|italic=no|voet}}
|297.6<ref name=Flanders/>
|
|-
|[[Aalst, Belgium|Aalst]]
|Belgium
|{{lang|nl|italic=no|voet}}
|277.2<ref name="Flanders">{{cite web
|url = http://www.familiekunde-vlaanderen.be/maten-en-gewichten
|title = Maten en gewichten
|language = nl
|trans-title = Weights and measures
|publisher = Vlaamse Vereniging voor Familiekunde (Flemish Association for Family History)
|access-date = October 24, 2011
|year = 2011
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120425091424/http://www.familiekunde-vlaanderen.be/maten-en-gewichten
|archive-date = April 25, 2012
}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Mechelen]]
|Belgium
|{{lang|nl|italic=no|voet}}
|278.0<ref name=Flanders/>
|
|-
|[[Leuven]]
|Belgium
|{{lang|nl|italic=no|voet}}
|285.5<ref name=Flanders/>
|
|-
|[[Tournai]]
|Belgium
|{{lang|fr|italic=no|pied}}
|297.77<ref name=Horace/>
|
|-
|[[Antwerp]]
|Belgium
|{{lang|nl|italic=no|voet}}
|286.8<ref name=Flanders/>
|
|-
|[[China]]
|China
|tradesman's foot
|338.3<ref name=rose/>
|
|-
|China
|China
|mathematician's foot
|333.2<ref name=rose/>
|
|-
|China
|China
|builder's foot
|322.8<ref name=rose/>
|
|-
|China
|China
|surveyor's foot
|319.5<ref name=rose/>
|
|-
|[[Moravia]]
|Czech Republic
|{{lang|cs|italic=no|stopa}}
|295.95<ref name=DE1842/>
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Prague]]
|rowspan="2"|Czech Republic
|rowspan="2"|{{lang|cs|italic=no|stopa}}
|296.4<ref name=DE1851V2/>
|(1851) Bohemian foot or shoe
|-
|301.7<ref name=Traite/>
|(1759) Quoted as "11 {{lang|fr|pouces}} {{sfrac|1|3|4}} {{lang|fr|lignes}}"<ref group=Notes name=lignes/>
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Denmark]]
|rowspan="2"|Denmark
|rowspan="2"|{{lang|da|italic=no|fod}}
|313.85<ref name=Bruhns/>
|Until 1835, thereafter the Prussian foot
|-
|330.5<ref name=Traite/>
|(1759) Quoted as "{{sfrac|2|1|2}} {{lang|fr|lignes}} larger than the {{lang|fr|pied}} [of Paris]"<ref group=Notes name=lignes/>
|-
|[[France]]
|France
|{{lang|fr|italic=no|pied du roi}}
|324.84<ref name="CGCP">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.cgcp.asso.fr/FAQ/divers/anciennes_unites.php
 |title       = Les anciennes unités et leurs équivalences
 |trans-title = Old units and their equivalences
 |language    = fr
 |publisher   = Le Cybergroupe Généalogique de Charente Poitevine
 |year        = 2011
 |access-date  = February 25, 2011
|url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110720204605/http://www.cgcp.asso.fr/FAQ/divers/anciennes_unites.php
 |archive-date = July 20, 2011
|df          = mdy-all
}}</ref>
|<ref group=Notes>The original meter was computed using pre-metric French units.</ref>
|-
|[[Angoulême]]
|France
|{{lang|fr|italic=no|pied d'Angoulême}}
|347.008<ref name="Guilhiermoz">{{cite journal
|journal = Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes
|title = De l'équivalence des anciennes mesures. A propos d'une publication récente
|trans-title = Values of ancient measures quoted in recent publications
|language = fr
|year = 1913
|volume= 74
|pages = 267–328
|first = P
|last = Guilhiermoz
|doi=10.3406/bec.1913.448498}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Bordeaux]] (urban)
|France
|{{lang|fr|italic=no|pied de ville de Bordeaux}}
|343.606<ref name=Guilhiermoz/>
|
|-
|Bordeaux (rural)
|France
|{{lang|fr|italic=no|pied de terre de Bordeaux}}
|357.214<ref name=Guilhiermoz/>
|
|-
|[[Strasbourg]]
|France
|{{lang|fr|italic=no|pied de Strasbourg}}
|294.95<ref name=Guilhiermoz/>
|
|-
|[[Württemberg]]
|Germany
|{{lang|de|italic=no|Fuß}}
|286.49<ref name=DE1842/>
|
|-
|[[Hanover]]
|Germany
|{{lang|de|italic=no|Fuß}}
|292.10<ref name=DE1842/>
|
|-
|[[Augsburg]]
|Germany
|{{lang|de|italic=no|römischer Fuß}}
|296.17<ref name=DE1851/>
|
|-
|[[Nuremberg]]
|Germany
|{{lang|de|italic=no|Fuß}}
|303.75<ref name=DE1851/>
|
|-
|[[Meiningen]]-[[Hildburghausen]]
|Germany
|{{lang|de|italic=no|Fuß}}
|303.95<ref name=DE1842/>
|
|-
|[[Oldenburg (city)|Oldenburg]]
|Germany
|{{lang|de|italic=no|römischer Fuß}}
|296.41<ref name=DE1842/>
|
|-
|[[Weimar]]
|Germany
|{{lang|de|italic=no|Fuß}}
|281.98<ref name=DE1842/>
|
|-
|[[Lübeck]]
|Germany
|{{lang|de|italic=no|Fuß}}
|287.62<ref name=Bruhns/>
|
|-
|[[Aschaffenburg]]
|Germany
|{{lang|de|italic=no|Fuß}}
|287.5<ref name=Horace/>
|
|-
|[[Darmstadt]]
|Germany
|{{lang|de|italic=no|Fuß}}
|287.6<ref name=Horace/>
|Until 1818, thereafter the Hessen "metric foot"
|-
|[[Bremen]]
|Germany
|{{lang|de|italic=no|Fuß}}
|289.35<ref name=Bruhns/>
|
|-
|[[Rhineland]]
|Germany
|{{lang|de|italic=no|Fuß}}
|313.7<ref name=rose/>
|
|-
|[[Berlin]]
|Germany
|{{lang|de|italic=no|Fuß}}
|309.6<ref name=rose/>
|
|-
|[[Hamburg]]
|Germany
|{{lang|de|italic=no|Fuß}}
|286.8<ref name=rose/>
|
|-
|[[Bavaria]]
|Germany
|{{lang|de|italic=no|Fuß}}
|291.86<ref name=DE1842/>
|
|-
|[[Aachen]]
|Germany
|{{lang|de|italic=no|Fuß}}
|282.1<ref name=DE1851/>
|
|-
|[[Leipzig]]
|Germany
|{{lang|de|italic=no|Fuß}}
|282.67<ref name=DE1842/>
|
|-
|[[Dresden]]
|Germany
|{{lang|de|italic=no|Fuß}}
|283.11<ref name=DE1842/>
|
|-
|[[Saxony]]
|Germany
|{{lang|de|italic=no|Fuß}}
|283.19<ref name=Bruhns/>
|
|- id=Prussia
|[[Prussia]]
|Germany, Poland, Russia etc.
|{{lang|de|italic=no|Rheinfuß}}
|313.85<ref name=Bruhns/>
|
|-
|[[Frankfurt am Main]]
|Germany
|{{lang|de|italic=no|Fuß}}
|284.61<ref name=DE1842/>
|
|-
|[[Venice]] & [[Lombardy]]
|Italy
|
|347.73<ref name=DE1842/>
|
|-
|[[Turin]]
|Italy
|
|323.1<ref name=rose/>
|
|-
|[[Rome]]
|Italy
|{{lang|it|italic=no|piede romano}}
|297.896<ref name=Guilhiermoz/>
|
|-
|[[Riga]]
|Latvia
|{{lang|lv|italic=no|pēda}}
|274.1<ref name=rose/>
|
|-
|[[Malta]]
|Malta
|{{lang|fr<!--assumed: possibly Maltese-->|italic=no|pied}}
|283.7<ref name=rose/>
|
|-
|[[Utrecht]]
|Netherlands
|{{lang|nl|italic=no|voet}}
|272.8<ref name="rose">{{cite book
 | last =Rose
 | first =Joshua
 | title =Pattern Makers Assistant
 | publisher =D. van Nostrand Co.
 | edition =9th
 | year =1900
 | location =New York
 | pages =264
 }}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Amsterdam]]
|Netherlands
|{{lang|nl|italic=no|voet}}
|283.133<ref name=NL2/>
|Divided into 11 {{lang|nl|duimen}} (inches, {{literally|thumbs}})
|-
|{{ill|Honsbossche en Rijpse|nl|Hondsbossche Zeewering}}
|Netherlands
|{{lang|nl|italic=no|voet}}
|285.0<ref name=NL2/>
|
|-
|[['s-Hertogenbosch]]
|Netherlands
|{{lang|nl|italic=no|voet}}
|287.0<ref name=NL2/>
|
|-
|[[Gelderland]]
|Netherlands
|{{lang|nl|italic=no|voet}}
|292.0<ref name=NL2/>
|
|-
|[[:nl: Bloois|Bloois (Zeeland)]]
|Netherlands
|{{lang|nl|italic=no|voet}}
|301.0<ref name=NL2/>
|
|-
|[[:nl:Wyldemerk|Schouw]]
|Netherlands
|{{lang|nl|italic=no|voet}}
|311.0<ref name=NL2/>
|
|-
|[[Rotterdam]]
|Netherlands
|{{lang|nl|italic=no|voet}}
|312.43<ref name=Horace/>
|
|-
|[[Rijnland]]
|Netherlands
|{{lang|nl|italic=no|voet}}
|314.858<ref name=NL2/>
|
|-
|[[Norway]]
|Norway
|{{lang|no|italic=no|fot}}
|313.75<ref>{{cite news
|title = Mål, vekt og norsk selvstendighet
|language=no
|trans-title = Dimensions, weight and Norwegian independence
|newspaper = Aftenposten
|date = July 21, 2005
|first = leif
|last = halbo
}}</ref>
|(1824–1835)<ref group="Notes">The Norwegian {{lang|no|fot}} was defined in 1824 as the length of a (theoretical) pendulum that would have a period of {{sfrac|12|38}}&nbsp;seconds at 45° from the equator.</ref> Thereafter as for Sweden.
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Warsaw]]
|rowspan="2"|Poland
|rowspan="2"|{{lang|pl|italic=no|stopa}}
|297.8<ref name="PolishLocal">{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}} – Information copied from [[:pl:Stopa polska]]</ref>
|Until 1819
|-
|288.0<ref name=Horace/>
|(From 1819) Polish {{lang|pl|italic=no|stopa}}
|-
|[[Lisbon]]
|Portugal
|{{lang|pt|italic=no|pé}}
|330.0<ref name=DE1851/>
|(From 1835)<ref group=Notes>Prior to 1835, the {{lang|pt|pé}} or foot was not used in Portugal; instead a palm was used. In 1835 the size of the palm was increased from 217.37&nbsp;mm (according to Palaiseau) to 220&nbsp;mm.</ref>
|-
|[[South Africa]]
|South Africa
|[[Cape foot]]
|314.858<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.fig.net/pub/cairo/papers/wshs_03/wshs03_02_zakiewich.pdf
 |author      = Tomasz Zakiewicz
 |title       = The Cape Geodetic Standards and Their Impact on Africa
 |publisher   = FIG
 |location    = Cairo
 |date        = April 2005
 |access-date  = January 4, 2012
|url-status  = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120120235610/http://www.fig.net/pub/cairo/papers/wshs_03/wshs03_02_zakiewich.pdf
 |archive-date = January 20, 2012
|df          = mdy-all
}}</ref>
|Originally equal to the Rijnland foot; redefined as 1.033 English feet in 1859.
|-
|[[Burgos]] and [[Castile (historical region)|Castile]]
|Spain
|{{lang|es|italic=no|pie de Burgos/<br />Castellano}}
|278.6<ref name=Traite/>
|(1759) Quoted as "122.43 {{lang|fr|lignes}}"<ref group=Notes name=lignes/>
|-
|[[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]]
|Spain
|{{lang|es|italic=no|pie}}
|279.0<ref name=Traite/>
|(1759) Quoted as "10 {{lang|fr|pouces}} 3.7 {{lang|fr|lignes}}"<ref group=Notes name=lignes>The source document used pre-metric French units ({{lang|fr|pied}}, {{lang|fr|pouce}} and {{lang|fr|ligne}}).</ref>
|-
|[[Sweden]]
|Sweden
|{{lang|sv|italic=no|fot}}
|296.9<ref name=Bruhns/>
|= 12 {{lang|sv|tum}} (inches). The Swedish {{lang|sv|fot}} was also used in Finland ({{lang|fi|jalka}}).
|-
|[[Zürich]]
|Switzerland
|
|300.0<ref name=rose/>
|
|-
|[[Galicia (eastern Europe)|Galicia]]
|Ukraine, Poland
|{{lang|pl|italic=no|stopa galicyjska}}
|296.96<ref name=Horace/>
|Part of Austria–Hungary before World War I
|-
|[[Scotland]]
|United Kingdom
|<!--Scots/Gaelic spellings not attested in source: fuit, fit, troigh-->
|305.287<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.scan.org.uk/measures/distance.asp
 |title       = Scottish Weights and Measures: Distance and Area
 |publisher   = Scottish Archive Network
 |access-date  = January 28, 2010
|url-status  = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090814193601/http://www.scan.org.uk/measures/distance.asp
 |archive-date = August 14, 2009
|df          = mdy-all
}}</ref>
|<ref group=Notes>The Scots foot ceased to be legal after the [[Acts of Union 1707|Act of Union]] in 1707.</ref>
|}

In Belgium, the words {{lang|fr|pied}} (French) and {{lang|nl|voet}} (Dutch) would have been used interchangeably.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}