City size comparison

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Lyon is about 1.8 times bigger than Sydney.

Sydney is approximately 27 sq km, while Lyon is approximately 48 sq km, making Lyon 79% larger than Sydney.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sydney vs. Lyon uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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