City size comparison

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Marseille is about 7 times smaller than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Marseille is approximately 241 sq km, making Marseille 14.51% the size of Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Marseille uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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