City size comparison

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Melbourne is about 10 times bigger than Athens.

Athens (map shows its 34 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 412 sq km, while Melbourne (the 27 councils of metropolitan Melbourne, without the Yarra Ranges, Cardinia, Mornington Peninsula and Nillumbik) is approximately 3,915 sq km, making Melbourne 850% larger than Athens.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Athens vs. Melbourne uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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