City size comparison

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Leipzig is about 1.4 times smaller than Athens.

Athens (map shows its 34 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 412 sq km, while Leipzig is approximately 298 sq km, making Leipzig 72.28% the size of Athens.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Athens vs. Leipzig uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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