City size comparison

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London is about 10 times bigger than Gent.

Gent is approximately 158 sq km, while London (including the 32 boroughs of greater London) is approximately 1,572 sq km, making London 896% larger than Gent.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gent vs. London uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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