List of city squares by size

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This article lists the largest city squares, ordered by area. Areas given are as noted in the articles or the reference provided, but may not be directly comparable.

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City square	City	Country	Area^[1]	Dimensions	Notes
Lapangan Merdeka (Freedom Square)	Jakarta	Indonesia	1,000,000 m² approx.
Praça dos Girassóis (Sunflowers Square)	Palmas, Tocantins state	Brazil	570,000 m² approx.	approx. 833-802 m by 718-643 m	^[2]
Tiananmen Square	Beijing	China	440,000 m²	880 m by 500 m	‡
Macroplaza	Monterrey	Mexico	400,000 m²		‡
India Gate Complex	New Delhi	India	306,600 m²	approx. 625m diameter
Parade Square	Warsaw	Poland	240,000 m²	approx. 600 m by 400 m
Kuybyshev Square	Samara	Russia	174,000 m²
Esplanade	Perm	Russia	152,000 m²	approx. 950 m by 160 m
Universitetskaya Square	Moscow	Russia	130,000 m²	930 m by 140 m
Moskovskaya Square	St. Petersburg	Russia	130,000 m²	640 m by 205 m(?)
Place des Quinconces	Bordeaux	France	126,000 m²
Republic Square	Almaty	Kazakhstan	121,800 m²	580 m by 210 m
Freedom Square	Kharkov	Ukraine	119,000 m²	690-750m by 96-125m
Sanam Luang	Bangkok	Thailand	114,000 m²
Millennium Park	Chicago	United States	99,000 m²		‡
Unirii Square	Bucharest	Romania	97,000 m²
Tysyacheletiya (Millennium) Square	Kazan	Russia	90,000 m²	510 m by 130–250 m
Prato della Valle	Padua	Italy	90,000 m²		‡
Plaza de Balcarce	Balcarce	Argentina	90,000 m²	300 m by 300 m
Naghsh-e Jahan Square	Isfahan	Iran	89,600 m²	560 m by 160 m	^[3]
St. Stephen's Green	Dublin	Ireland	89,000 m²	350 m by 255
Djemaa el Fna	Marrakesh	Morocco	86,600 m²	240 m by 363 m
Place de la Concorde	Paris	France	86,400 m²	240 m by 360 m
Spianada	Corfu	Greece	84,000 m²	412 m by 204 m
Charles Square	Prague	Czech Republic	80,550 m²	510 m by 130 m
Museumplein	Amsterdam	Netherlands	79,000 m²
Odori Park	Sapporo	Japan	78,900 m²	approx.55 m by 1430 m
Praça do Império	Lisbon	Portugal	78,400 m²	280 m by 280 m
Gelebe square	Baku	Azerbaijan	78,300 m²	290 m by 270 m
Plaine de Plainpalais	Geneva	Switzerland	78,135 m²	rhombus of 640 m by 200 m
Bayi Square (August 1st Square)	Nanchang	China	78,000 m²
Sukhbaatar Square	Ulaanbaatar	Mongolia	76,000 m²
Kim Il-sung Square	Pyongyang	North Korea	75,000 m²		^[4]
Tahrir square	Cairo	Egypt	74,000 m²
Victory Square	Vitebsk	Belarus	72,200 m²
Plaza de la Revolucion	Havana	Cuba	72,000 m²
Independence Square	Minsk	Belarus	70,000 m²
The Square	Palmerston North	New Zealand	70,000 m²
Plaza Moreno	La Plata	Argentina	66,700 m²	230 m by 290 m
Kontraktova Square	Kiev	Ukraine	65,000 m²
New_Haven_Green	New Haven	United States of America	65,000 m²
Azadliq Square	Baku	Azerbaijan	62,700 m²	570 m by 110 m
Place Bellecour	Lyon	France	62,400 m²	312 m by 200 m
Town Market Square	Olecko	Poland	60,280 m²	212 m by 220 m by 336 m by 253 m	^[5]
Ba Dinh Square	Hanoi	Vietnam	60,000 m²	400 m by 150 m
Piazza Garibaldi	Naples	Italy	60,000 m²
Victoria Square	Adelaide	Australia	58,000 m²	161 m by 322 m
John Paul II Square	Budapest	Hungary	57,600 m²	240 m by 240 m	^[6]
Plaza de la Constitución	Mexico City	Mexico	57,600 m²	240 m by 240 m	^[7]
Kikar hamedina	Tel Aviv	Israel	55,000 m²	132.5 m by 265 m
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II	Rome	Italy	55,000 m²	316 m by 174 m
Yakub Kolas Square	Minsk	Belarus	52,000 m²
Plaça de Catalunya	Barcelona	Spain	50,000 m² approx.		^[8]
Palace Square	St. Petersburg	Russia	50,000 m²		^[9]
Azadi Square (Freedom Square)	Tehran	Iran	50,000 m²		‡
Central square	Ganja	Azerbaijan	48,300 m²	420 m by 110 m
Námestie SNP	Zvolen	Slovakia	48,000 m²
Railway Terminal Square	Minsk	Belarus	48,000 m²
Marktplatz	Heide	Germany	47,000 m²
Wenceslas Square	Prague	Czech Republic	45,000 m²	750 m by 60 m	‡
Place du Pâtis	Montargis	France	45,000 m²
Place de l'Étoile	Paris	France	45,000 m² approx.	diameter of 240.86 m
Xinghai Square	Dalian	China	45,000 m²		‡
Erzsébet tér	Budapest	Hungary	43,200 m² approx	Approx 240m by 180m
Main Market Square	Krakow	Poland	41,340 m²	212 m by 195 m
Piazza del Duomo	Milan	Italy	40,200 m² approx.
Deák tér	Sopron	Hungary	40,000 m²	870 m by 46 m (The longest square in Central Europe)
Plaza 25 de Mayo	Resistencia	Argentina	40,000 m²	200 m by 200 m
Rabin Square	Tel Aviv	Israel	40,000 m² approx.	160 m by 250 m
Augustusplatz	Leipzig	Germany	40,000 m²
Piazza Vittorio Veneto	Turin	Italy	40,000 m² approx.	360 m by 111 m	^[10]
Place Viger	Montreal	Canada	40,000 m²	400 m by 100 m
Victory Square	Minsk	Belarus	39,375 m²
Schloßplatz	Berlin	Germany	39,375 m²
Washington Square Park	New York City	United States	39,000 m²		‡
Masarykovo Namesti	Jihlava	Czech Republic	36,653 m²		^[11]
Square of the 56-ers	Budapest	Hungary	36,500 m² approx	Approx 730m by 50m (excluding Heroes' Square)
Taksim Square	Istanbul	Turkey	35,949 m²
Rynek	Wrocław	Poland	35,604 m²	207 m by 172 m
Unirii Square, Cluj-Napoca	Cluj-Napoca	Romania	35,200 m²	220 m by 162 m
Kungsträdgården	Stockholm	Sweden	35,000 m²	350 m by 100 m
Place de Jaude	Clermont-Ferrand	France	35,000 m²
Domplatz	Erfurt	Germany	34,500 m²
Place Denfert-Rochereau	Paris	France	32,000 m² approx.	220 m by 145 m
Grote Markt	Sint-Niklaas	Belgium	31,900 m²
Praça Mouzinho de Albuquerque	Porto	Portugal	31,416 m²		‡
Franklin Square	Philadelphia	United States	31700 m²		^[12]
Logan Square	Philadelphia	United States	31700 m²		^[12]
Plaza de España	Seville	Spain	31,000 m²
Praça do Comércio	Lisbon	Portugal	30,600 m²	175 m by 175 m
Lincoln's Inn Fields	London	United Kingdom	28,000 m² approx.	Approx. 200 m by 140 m
Russell Square	Perth	Australia	27,360 m² approx.	Approx. 228 m by 120 m
Neumarkt	Cologne	Germany	27,300 m² approx.	Approx. 250 m by 110 m
Plaza de la Fé Juan Pablo II	Managua	Nicaragua	27,214 m²		^[13]
Rittenhouse Square	Philadelphia	United States	31700 m²		^[12]
Washington Square	Philadelphia	United States	31700 m²		^[12]
Square of the Republic	Pilsen	Czech Republic	26,827 m²	193 m by 139 m
Praça dos Três Poderes	Brasília	Brazil	26,400 m²	120 m by 220 m	‡
Rynek	Pułtusk	Poland	25,636 m²	377 m by 68 m
Heroes' Square	Budapest	Hungary	25,600 m² approx	Approx 160m by 160m
Place Jean-Jaurès	Marseille	France	25,220 m²
Piazza del Plebiscito	Naples	Italy	25,000 m² approx.
Syntagma Square	Athens	Greece	23,336 m²	156 m by 156 m
Red Square	Moscow	Russia	23,100 m²	330 m by 70 m
Trafalgar Square	London	United Kingdom	23,000 m²	110 m by 110 m	^[14]
St. Peter's Square	Vatican City	Vatican	22,783 m²	ellipse dimensions 196 m by 148 m	^[15]
Plaza del Pilar	Zaragoza	Spain	22,000 m² approx.		^[16]
Old Market Square	Nottingham	United Kingdom	22,000 m² approx.		^[16]
Karlovo náměstí (Charles square)	Třebíč	Czech Republic	22,000 m² approx.	cca 360m by 60m
Dam Square	Amsterdam	Netherlands	20,000 m² approx.	200 m by 100 m
Grand'Place	Arras	France	20,000 m² approx.	200 m by 100 m
Stary Rynek	Poznań	Poland	19,881 m²	141 m by 141 m	^[17]
Plaza de Mayo	Buenos Aires	Argentina	19,713 m²
Place des Vosges	Paris	France	19,600 m²	140 m by 140 m
Plaza de Armas of Cusco, Peru	Cusco	Peru	19,376 m²	173 m by 112 m
Macedonia Square	Skopje	Macedonia	18.500 m²	n/a
Market Square	Lviv	Ukraine	18,300 m²	142 m by 129 m
Vagzal Squares	Baku	Azerbaijan	18,150 m²	330 m by 55 m
Place de la Riponne	Lausanne	Switzerland	18,000 m²	200 m by 90 m
Place du Canada	Montreal	Canada	17,800 m²	200 m by 89 m
Rynek	Zakliczyn	Poland	17,544 m²	172 m by 102 m
Plac Wolności	Poznań	Poland	17,425 m²	205 m by 85 m
Přemysl Otakar II Square	Budweis	Czech Republic	17,000 m²		^[18]
Peace Square (Mírové náměstí)	Litoměřice	Czech Republic	17,000 m²
Rynek	Nowy Sącz	Poland	16,610 m²	151 m by 110 m
Piazza dei Martiri	Carpi	Italy	16,560 m²	276 m by 60 m
Terreiro do Paço	Vila Viçosa	Portugal	16,000 m² approx		^[19]
Alexanderplatz	Berlin	Germany	15,000 m²
Kongens Nytorv	Copenhagen	Denmark	15,000 m²
Turbinenplatz	Zurich	Switzerland	14,000 m²
Plaza Principal	Villa de Leyva	Colombia	14,000 m²
Columbus Circle	New York City	United States	13,750 m²
Riva	Split	Croatia	13,500 m²	approx. 300 m by 45 m
Piazza del Popolo	Rome	Italy	13,500 m²	approx. 150 m by 90 m
Námestie baníkov	Rožňava	Slovakia	13,500 m²	approx. 115 m by 115 m
Place Stanislas	Nancy	France	13,250 m²	125 m by 106 m
Ban Jelačić Square	Zagreb	Croatia	13,125 m²	175 m by 75 m
Altmarkt	Dresden	Germany	13,000 m² approx.	approx. 130 m by 100 m
Rynek	Żelechów	Poland	12,996 m²	114 m by 114 m
Piazza San Marco	Venice	Italy	12,128 m²	Trapezoidal dimensions: 175 m long, 56.6 m and 82 m wide	^[20]
Plaza Mayor	Madrid	Spain	12,126 m²	129 m by 94 m
Dóm tér	Szeged	Hungary	12,000 m²
Place du Capitole	Toulouse	France	12,000 m²	120 m by 100 m
George Square	Glasgow	United Kingdom	11,250 m²	125 m by 90 m
Piazza Unità d'Italia	Trieste	Italy	10,368 m²		^[21]
Grote Markt	Bruges	Belgium	10,000 m² approx.		^[22]
Rynek Wielki	Zamość	Poland	10,000 m²	100 m by 100 m
Place Émilie-Gamelin	Montreal	Canada	10,000 m²	100 m by 100 m
Piazza del Duomo	L'Aquila	Italy	9,800 m²	approx. 140 m by 70 m
Old Market Square	Trzebiatów	Poland	9,780 m²	104 m by 94 m
Union Square	San Francisco	United States	9,600 m²	120 m by 80 m
Dizengoff Square	Tel Aviv	Israel	9,025 m²	95 m by 95 m
Old Town Square	Prague	Czech Republic	9,000 m²
Grote Markt	Groningen	The Netherlands	9,000 m²	100 m by 90 m
Vabaduse väljak	Tallinn	Estonia	7,752 m²	approx. 110 m by 75 m
Piazza della Repubblica	Florence	Italy	7,500 m²	approx. 100 m by 75 m
Davidka Square	Jerusalem	Israel	7,500 m²	approx. 100 m by 75 m
Zion Square	Jerusalem	Israel	7,200 m²	approx. 100 m by 72 m
Raekoja plats	Tartu	Estonia	6,034 m²	approx. 180 m by 30 m
Münsterplatz	Konstanz	Germany	6,000 m²
Raekoja plats	Tallinn	Estonia	5,550 m² approx.	approx. 75 m by 75 m