City size comparison

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Lyon is about 33 times smaller than London.

London (including the 32 boroughs of greater London) is approximately 1,572 sq km, while Lyon is approximately 48 sq km, making Lyon 3.05% the size of London.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of London vs. Lyon uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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