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Tiananmen Square, Beijing Image:Macroplaza The big square.jpg Image:Prato 6 fontana.JPG Image:Place-de-la-concorde.jpg Image:Petersburg-square.jpg Image:Krakow rynek 01.jpg Image:Erfurt Dom und Domplatz.jpg Image:ColumbusCirclefromTimeWarnerCenterNYC20050807.jpg Image:Popolo.jpg Image:Plaza Mayor, Madrid.jpg This article lists the largest city squares, ordered by area. Areas given are in square meters (m²)<ref>10,000 square meters (m²) = 1 hectare (ha) = 2.47 acres</ref> as noted in the articles or the reference provided, but may not be directly comparable.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.
  1. Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China - 880m by 500m; 440,000 m²
  2. Macroplaza, Monterrey, Mexico - 400,000 m²
  3. Place des Quinconces, Bordeaux, France - 126,000 m² <ref>as per fr:Place des Quinconces</ref>
  4. Freedom Square, Kharkiv, Ukraine - 302m by 96m + round area; 110,000 m²
  5. Prato della Valle, Padova, Italy - 90,000 m²
  6. Naghsh-i Jahan Square, Isfahan, Iran - 560m by 160m; 89,600 m² <ref>Imam Square. Project for Public places.</ref>
  7. Place de la Concorde, Paris, France - 240m by 360m; 86,400 m²
  8. Spianada, Corfu, Greece - 412m by 204m; 84,000 m² <ref>Spianada image</ref>
  9. Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany - 80,000 m² <ref>as per de:Alexanderplatz</ref>
  10. Kim Il Sung Square, Pyongyang, North Korea - 75,000 m² <ref>Error on call to Template:cite web: Parameters url and title must be specified.</ref>
  11. Place Bellecour, Lyon, France - 312m by 200m; 62,400 m²
  12. Plaza de la Constitución, Mexico City, Mexico - 240m by 240m; 57,600 m² <ref>Plaza de la Constitucion.</ref>
  13. Palace Square, St. Petersburg, Russia - 50,000 m² <ref>Greenpeace. Criminal Case to be Filed against the Authorities of St. Petersburg.</ref>
  14. Marktplatz, Heide, Germany - 47,000 m² <ref>as per de:Heide (Holstein)#Kultur und Sehenswürdigkeiten </ref>
  15. Wenceslas Square, Prague, Czech Republic - 750m by 60m; 45,000 m²
  16. Place du Pâtis, Montargis, France - 45,000 m² <ref> La Place du Pâtis.</ref>
  17. Place de l'Étoile, Paris, France - diameter of 240.86 m; about 45,000 m² <ref>Nomenclature officielle des voies de Paris: Place Charles de Gaulle. </ref>
  18. Xinghai Square, Dalian, China - 45,000 m²
  19. Main Market Square, Krakow, Poland - 200m by 200m; 40,000 m²
  20. Augustusplatz, Leipzig, Germany - 40,000 m² <ref>Augustusplatz.</ref>
  21. Schlossplatz, Berlin, Germany - 39,375 m²
  22. Washington Square Park, New York City, United States - 39,000 m²
  23. Place de Jaude, Clermont-Ferrand, France - 35,000 m² <ref>as per fr:Place de Jaude</ref>
  24. Domplatz, Erfurt, Germany - 34,500 m² <ref>Domplatz.</ref>
  25. Place Denfert-Rochereau, Paris, France - 220m by 145m<ref>as per fr:Place Denfert-Rochereau</ref>; about 32,000 m²
  26. Grote Markt, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium - 31,900 m² <ref>Stadsmonografie Sint-Niklaas 2004 pp. 162. “grootste marktplein van België (3.19 hectare)”</ref>
  27. Plaza de España, Seville, Spain - 31,000 m² <ref>as per es:Plaza de España (Sevilla)</ref>
  28. Praça do Comércio, Lisbon, Portugal - 175m by 175m 30,600 m²
  29. Red Square, Moscow, Russia - 330m by 70m; 23,100 m² [citation needed]
  30. St. Peter's Square, Vatican City - Ellipse dimenisons 196m by 148m; 22,783 m² <ref>St. Peter's.</ref>
  31. Old Market Square, Nottingham, United Kingdom - ~22,000 m² <ref>Nottinghamshire record breakers.</ref>
  32. Dam Square, Amsterdam, Netherlands - 200m by 100m; ~20,000 m²
  33. Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 19,713 m² <ref>as per es:Plaza de Mayo </ref>
  34. Place des Vosges, Paris, France - 140m by 140m; 19,600 m²? <ref>as per article "Place des Vosges", some sources note 108m</ref>
  35. Přemysl Otakar II Square, Budweis, Czech Republic - 17,000 m² <ref> The town, where I live (Ceské Budejovice).</ref>
  36. Turbinenplatz, Zurich, Switzerland - 14,000 m² <ref> Turbinenplatz.</ref>
  37. Columbus Circle, New York City, United States - 13,750 m²
  38. Piazza del Popolo, Rome, Italy - approximately 150m by 90m; 13,500 m²
  39. Altmarkt, Dresden, Germany - approximately 130m by 100m; ~13,000 m² <ref>as per de:Altmarkt (Dresden)</ref>
  40. Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy - Trapezoidal dimensions: 175m long, 56.6m and 82m wide; 12,128 m²<ref>St. Mark's Square.</ref>
  41. Plaza Mayor, Madrid, Spain - 129m by 94m; 12,126 m²
  42. Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom - 110m by 110m; 12,100 m² <ref> Trafalgar Square. </ref>
  43. Grote Markt, Bruges, Belgium - about 10,000 m² <ref>Market Square.</ref>
  44. Old Market Square, Trzebiatów, Poland - 104 by 94m; 9,780 m²
  45. Union Square, San Francisco, California, USA - 120m by 80m; 9,600 m²
  46. Old Town Square, Prague, Czech Republic - 9,000 m² <ref>as per de:Altstädter Ring</ref>
  47. Piazza della Repubblica, Florence, Italy - c. 100m by 75m; 7,500 m² <ref>as per it:Piazza della Repubblica (Firenze)</ref>
  48. Münsterplatz, Konstanz, Germany - 6,000 m² <ref>Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten. Münsterplatz, Konstanz. </ref>

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