Editing Rod (unit) (section)

===In continental Europe===
[[Image:Münster, Historisches Rathaus, Preussische halbe Ruthe -- 2017 -- 9783 (crop).jpg|thumb|300px|right|A standard at the City Hall in [[Münster]], [[Germany]] from 1816; the bar shown is one "Prussian Half Rod" (1.883&nbsp;m) long.]]
Units comparable to the perch, pole or rod were used in many European countries, with names that include {{langx|fr|perche}} and ''canne'', {{langx|de|Ruthe}}, {{langx|it|canna}} and ''pertica'', {{langx|pl|pręt}} and {{langx|es|canna}}. They were subdivided in many different ways, and were of many different lengths.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Rods and similar units in continental Europe{{dubious|date=April 2012}}
|-
! width=240 |Place
! width=130 |Local name
! width=130 |Local equivalent
! width=120 |Metric equivalent (meters)
|-
| [[Aachen]]
| Feldmeßruthe
| align="right" | 16 Fuß
| 	align="center"|4.512<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Amsterdam]]
| Roede
| align="right" | 13 Voet
| align="center"|3.681<ref name="DeGelder1824">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XYVbAAAAQAAJ |title=Allereerste Gronden der Cijferkunst |trans-title=Introduction to Arithmetic |first=Jacob |last=de Gelder |location=’s-Gravenhage (The Hague) and Amsterdam |language=nl |year=1824 |pages=163–176 |publisher=de Gebroeders van Cleef |access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref>
|-
| [[Aubenas]], [[Ardèche]]
| canne
| align="right" | 8 ''pans''
| 	align="center"|1.985<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Grand Duchy of Baden|Baden, Grand Duchy of]]
| Ruthe
| align="right" | 10 Fuß
| 	align="center"|3.0<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Canton of Basel|Basel, Canton of]]
| Ruthe
| align="right" | 16 Fuß
| 	align="center"|4.864<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Canton of Bern|Bern, Canton of]]
| Ruthe
| align="right" | 10 Fuß
| 	align="center"|2.932<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Barcelona]]
| canna
| align="right" | 8 ''palmos''
| 	align="center"|1.581<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Braunschweig]]
| Ruthe
| align="right" | 16 Fuß
| 	align="center"|4.565<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Bremen]]
| Ruthe
| align="right" | 8 Ellen or 16 Fuß
| 	align="center"|4.626<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Brussels]]
| Ruthe
| align="right" | 20 Fuß
| 	align="center"|4.654<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Cagliari]], [[Sardinia]]
| canna
| align="right" | 10 ''palmi''
| 	align="center"|2.322<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Calenberg|Calenberg Land]]
| Ruthe
| align="right" | 16 Fuß
| 	align="center"|4.677<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Kassel|Cassel]], [[Hessen]]
| Ruthe
| align="right" | 14 Fuß
| 	align="center"|4.026<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Denmark]]
| Ruthe
| align="right" | 10 Fuß
| 	align="center"|3.138<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| {{sortname|Canton of |Geneva|Canton of Geneva}}
| Ruthe
| align="right" | 8 Fuß
| 	align="center"|2.598<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Hamburg]]
| Geestruthe
| align="right" | 16 Fuß
| 	align="center"|4.583<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| Hamburg
| Marschruthe
| align="right" | 14 Fuß
| 	align="center"|4.010<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Kingdom of Hannover|Hannover]]
| Ruthe
| align="right" | 16 Fuß
| 	align="center"|4.671<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[France]]
| Perche
| align="right" | 3 ''[[toise]]s''
| 	align="center"|5.847<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| France
| Perche (for woodland)
| align="right" | {{frac|3|2|3}} ''toises''
| 	align="center"|7.145<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Genoa]]
| canna
| align="right" | 10 ''palmi''
| 	align="center"|2.5<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Jever]], [[Duchy of Oldenburg|Oldenburg]]
| Ruthe
| align="right" | 20 Fuß
| 	align="center"|4.377<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Mallorca]]
| canna
| align="right" | 8 ''palmos''
| 	align="center"|1.714<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Malta]]
| canna
| align="right" | 8 ''palmi''
| 	align="center"|2.08<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Mecklenburg]]
| Ruthe
| align="right" | 16 Fuß
| 	align="center"|4.655<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Menorca]], but not [[Mahón]]
| canna
| align="right" |
| 	align="center"|1.599<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| Menorca, city of Mahon
| canna
| align="right" | 8 ''palmos''
| 	align="center"|1.714<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Messina]], [[Sicily]]
| canna
| align="right" | 8 ''palmi''
| 	align="center"|2.113<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Montauban]], [[Tarn-et-Garonne]]
| canne
| align="right" | 8 ''pans''
| 	align="center"|1.783<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Morocco]]
| canna
| align="right" | 8 ''palmos''
| 	align="center"|1.714<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Naples]]
| canna (for cloth)
| align="right" | 8 ''palmi''
| align="center"|
|-
| [[Kingdom of Naples|Naples, Kingdom of]]: [[Apulia]], [[Calabria]], [[Eboli]], [[Foggia]], [[Lucera]]
| percha
| align="right" | 7 [[Palm (unit)|''palmi'']]
| 	align="center"|1.838<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| Naples, Kingdom of: [[Capua]]
| percha
| align="right" | {{frac|7|1|5}} ''palmi''
| 	align="center"|1.892<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| Naples, Kingdom of: Fiano, Naples
| percha
| align="right" | {{frac|7|1|2}} ''palmi''
| 	align="center"|2.014<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| Naples, Kingdom of: [[Caggiano]], [[Cava de' Tirreni|Cava]], [[Nocera Superiore|Nocera]], Rocce, [[Salerno]]
| percha
| align="right" | {{frac|7|2|3}} palmi
| 	align="center"|1.971<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Nuremberg]], Bavaria
| Ruthe
| align="right" | 16 Fuß
| 	align="center"|4.861<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Oldenburg (city)|Oldenburg]]
| Ruthe
| align="right" | 20 Fuß
| 	align="center"|5.927<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Palermo]], Sicily
| canna
| align="right" | 8 ''palmi''
| 	align="center"|1.942<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Parma]]
| Pertica
| align="right" | 6 [[braccio|''bracci'']]
| 	align="center"|3.25<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Poland]]
| Pręt
| align="right" | {{frac|7|1|2}} ''łokci'' or 10 ''pręcików''
| 	align="center"|4.320<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Prussia]], [[Rhine Province|Rheinland]]
| Ruthe
| align="right" | 12 Fuß
| 	align="center"|3.766<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Rijnland]]
| Roede
| align="right" | 12 Voet
| 	align="center"|3.767<ref name="DeGelder1824"/>
|-
| [[Rome]]
| canna (for cloth)
| align="right" |
| 	align="center"|2<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| Rome
| canna (for building)
| align="right" |
| 	align="center"|2.234<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Zaragoza|Saragoza]]
| canna
| align="right" |
| 	align="center"|2.043<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Kingdom of Saxony|Saxony]]
| Ruthe
| align="right" | 16 Leipziger Fuß
| 	align="center"|4.512<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Sweden]]
| Ruthe
| align="right" | 16 Fuß
| 	align="center"|4.748<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Tortosa]]
| canna
| align="right" |
| 	align="center"|1.7<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany|Tuscany, Grand-Duchy of]] ([[Florence]], [[Pisa]])
| canna
| align="right" | 5 bracci
| 	align="center"|2.918<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Uzès]], [[Gard]]
| canne
| align="right" | 8 ''pans''
| 	align="center"|1.98<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Vaud|Waadt, Canton of]]
| Ruthe or ''toise courante''
| align="right" | 10 Fuß
| 	align="center"|3<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Württemberg]]
| Reichsruthe
| align="right" | 10 Fuß
| 	align="center"|2.865<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| Württemberg
| old Ruthe
| align="right" | 16 Fuß
| 	align="center"|4.583<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Republic of Venice|Venice, Republic of]]
| Pertica
| align="right" | 6 ''piedi''
| 	align="center"|2.084<ref name=kruger/>
|-
| [[Canton of Zurich|Zürich, Canton of]]
| Ruthe
| align="right" | 10 Fuß
| 	align="center"|3.009<ref name=kruger/>
|-
|}