City size comparison

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Lyon is about 12 times smaller than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Lyon is approximately 48 sq km, making Lyon 8.12% the size of Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Lyon uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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