City size comparison

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Marseille is about 5 times smaller than Los Angeles.

Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, while Marseille is approximately 241 sq km, making Marseille 19.81% the size of Los Angeles.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Los Angeles vs. Marseille uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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