Head to head
Paris vs Lyon
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Paris is the larger of the two, with 2,138,551 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 Paris is the larger of the two, with 2,138,551 people to 520,774 in Lyon. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Paris nor Lyon has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
France| Metric | Paris | Lyon |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 2,138,551 | 520,774 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | France | France |
| Region | Île-de-France | Rhône-Alpes |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:14 AM · UTC+02:00 | 2:14 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
393 km apartParis and Lyon are 393 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in France. Lyon keeps time the same time as Paris.
Paris has 1,617,777 more people — 4.1× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Paris or Lyon?
- Paris is the larger city by population, with 2,138,551 people to 520,774 in Lyon — a difference of 1,617,777. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Paris and Lyon?
- 393 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in France. Lyon keeps time the same time as Paris.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Paris or Lyon?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Paris is the larger of the two, with 2,138,551 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 Paris and Lyon both currently sit at $0.
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