City size comparison

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Moscow is about 54 times bigger than Lyon.

Lyon is approximately 48 sq km, while Moscow (map shows its 125 districts within the pre-2012 boundary; the area includes New Moscow) is approximately 2,562 sq km, making Moscow 5,251% larger than Lyon.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lyon vs. Moscow uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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