City size comparison

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Paris is about 1.5 times smaller than Gent.

Gent is approximately 158 sq km, while Paris is approximately 105 sq km, making Paris 66.81% the size of Gent.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gent vs. Paris uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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