City size comparison

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Los Angeles is about 25 times bigger than Lyon.

Lyon is approximately 48 sq km, while Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, making Los Angeles 2,437% larger than Lyon.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lyon vs. Los Angeles uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Lyon is 10.2% cheaper than Los Angeles
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