Head to head
Marseille vs Lyon
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Marseille is the larger of the two, with 877,215 people to 520,774 in Lyon. 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 Marseille is the larger of the two, with 877,215 people to 520,774 in Lyon. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Marseille nor Lyon has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
France| Metric | Marseille | Lyon |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 877,215 | 520,774 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | France | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | Rhône-Alpes |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:53 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:53 AM · UTC+02:00 |
| 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
276 km apartMarseille and Lyon are 276 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in France. Lyon keeps time the same time as Marseille.
Marseille has 356,441 more people — 1.7× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Marseille or Lyon?
- Marseille is the larger city by population, with 877,215 people to 520,774 in Lyon — a difference of 356,441. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Marseille and Lyon?
- 276 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in France. Lyon keeps time the same time as Marseille.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Marseille or Lyon?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Marseille is the larger of the two, with 877,215 people to 520,774 in Lyon. 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 Marseille and Lyon both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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