City size comparison

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London is about 33 times bigger than Lyon.

Lyon is approximately 48 sq km, while London (including the 32 boroughs of greater London) is approximately 1,572 sq km, making London 3,184% larger than Lyon.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lyon vs. London uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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