City size comparison

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Gent is about 10 times smaller than London.

London (including the 32 boroughs of greater London) is approximately 1,572 sq km, while Gent is approximately 158 sq km, making Gent 10.04% the size of London.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of London vs. Gent uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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