City size comparison

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Paris is about 37 times smaller than Melbourne.

Melbourne (the 27 councils of metropolitan Melbourne, without the Yarra Ranges, Cardinia, Mornington Peninsula and Nillumbik) is approximately 3,915 sq km, while Paris is approximately 105 sq km, making Paris 2.69% the size of Melbourne.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Melbourne vs. Paris uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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