City size comparison

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Lyon is about 27 times smaller than Rome.

Rome is approximately 1,287 sq km, while Lyon is approximately 48 sq km, making Lyon 3.72% the size of Rome.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rome vs. Lyon uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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