Head to head
Marseille vs Nice
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 342,669 in Nice. 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 342,669 in Nice. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Marseille nor Nice has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
France| Metric | Marseille | Nice |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 877,215 | 342,669 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 5th largest |
| Country | France | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:50 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:50 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
159 km apartMarseille and Nice are 159 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in France. Nice keeps time the same time as Marseille.
Marseille has 534,546 more people — 2.6× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Marseille or Nice?
- Marseille is the larger city by population, with 877,215 people to 342,669 in Nice — a difference of 534,546. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Marseille and Nice?
- 159 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in France. Nice keeps time the same time as Marseille.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Marseille or Nice?
- 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 342,669 in Nice. 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 Nice both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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