City size comparison

compared to

Lyon is around the same size as Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara is approximately 50 sq km, while Lyon is approximately 48 sq km, making Lyon 94.84% the size of Santa Barbara.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Santa Barbara vs. Lyon uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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