Head to head
Libreville vs Franceville
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Libreville is the larger of the two, with 846,090 people to 132,895 in Franceville. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Everything below is the evidence for that: population, size within each city’s own country, the distance between them, and where each one stands on the global board.
The answer
SummaryNeither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Libreville is the larger of the two, with 846,090 people to 132,895 in Franceville. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Libreville nor Franceville has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Gabon| Metric | Libreville | Franceville |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 846,090 | 132,895 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Gabon | Gabon |
| Region | Estuaire | Haut-Ogooué |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 11:58 PM · UTC+01:00 | 11:58 PM · UTC+01:00 |
| CityWar rank | Unclaimed | Unclaimed |
| City score$1 contributed = 1 point | $0 | $0 |
| Backers | 0 | 0 |
| Score added todaysince 00:00 UTC | $0 | $0 |
Distance and time
511 km apartLibreville and Franceville are 511 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Gabon. Franceville keeps time the same time as Libreville.
Libreville has 713,195 more people — 6.4× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Libreville or Franceville?
- Libreville is the larger city by population, with 846,090 people to 132,895 in Franceville — a difference of 713,195. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Libreville and Franceville?
- 511 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Gabon. Franceville keeps time the same time as Libreville.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Libreville or Franceville?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Libreville is the larger of the two, with 846,090 people to 132,895 in Franceville. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
- How is a city's CityWar score calculated?
- One US dollar contributed is one point, and cities are ordered by total score with the highest first. When two cities are level the one backed first holds the higher rank. Nothing else is in the calculation — no population weighting, no votes and no editorial judgement — which is why Libreville and Franceville both currently sit at $0.
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2Settle it
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