List of city squares by size

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]	Description	Finished Year	Photo
Xinghai Square	Dalian	China	1,760,000 m²	Commemorates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the city	1997
Times Square	Daqing	China	1,440,000 m²		2000
Merdeka Square	Jakarta	Indonesia	1,000,000 m² approx.	approx. 1 km by 1 km	1976
Square of the Sunflowers	Palmas, Tocantins	Brazil	570,000 m² approx.	approx. 833–802 m by 718–643 m	1991
Huacheng Square	Guangzhou	China	560,000 m²	On the new central line of Guangzhou	2010
Tiananmen Square	Beijing	China	440,000 m²	880 m by 500 m	1958
Macroplaza	Monterrey	Mexico	400,000 m².		1980s
India Gate Complex	New Delhi	India	306,600 m²	approx. 625m diameter	1926
Parade Square	Warsaw	Poland	240,000 m²	approx. 600 m by 400 m	1950
Quancheng Square	Jinan	China	220,000 m² approx.	approx. 790 m by 280 m	1999
People's Square	Linyi	China	216,000m²	670 m by 320 m	2001
Cultural Square	Changchun	China	205,000m²	Used to be part of the Imperial Palace of the Japanese puppet state Manchukuo	1953
Kuybyshev Square	Samara	Russia	174,000 m²	approx. 500–530 m by 300–330 m	1894
Perm Esplanade	Perm	Russia	152,000 m²	approx. 950 m by 160 m	1970
People's Square	Shanghai	China	140,000 m²		1994
Piazza Carlo III of Bourbon	Caserta	Italy	130,000 m²	More the esplanade of the Reggia di Caserta, than a city square	1737
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
People's Square	Dalian	China	125,000 m²		1914
Bayi Square	Nanchang	China	122,588 m²	Commemorates the Nanchang Uprising	1956
Republic Square	Almaty	Kazakhstan	121,800 m²	580 m by 210 m	1986
Freedom Square	Kharkiv	Ukraine	119,000 m²	690-750m by 96-125m	1926
Sanam Luang	Bangkok	Thailand	114,000 m²	Part of the Thailand Grand Palace	1855
Millennium Park	Chicago	United States	99,000 m²		‡
Pha That Luang Square	Vientiane	Laos	99,000 m²
Unirii Square	Bucharest	Romania	97,000 m²
Kruhla (Round) Square	Poltava	Ukraine	93,500 m²	diameter 345 m
Tysyacheletiya Square/Meñyıllıq Mäydanı	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	[2]
St. Stephen's Green	Dublin	Ireland	89,000 m²	350 m by 255 m
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 Square	Corfu (city)	Greece	84,000 m²	412 m by 204 m
Charles Square	Prague	Czech Republic	66,300 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
Sükhbaatar Square	Ulan Bator	Mongolia	76,000 m²
Kim Il-sung Square	Pyongyang	North Korea	75,000 m²		[3]
Tahrir square	Cairo	Egypt	74,000 m²
Red Square	Moscow	Russia	73,000 m²	approx. 300 m by 70 m	[4]
Victory Square	Vitebsk	Belarus	72,200 m²
Plaza de la Revolución	Havana	Cuba	72,000 m²
Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville	Le Havre	France	70,000 m²	280 m by 250 m
Independence Square	Minsk	Belarus	70,000 m²
The Square	Palmerston North	New Zealand	70,000 m²
Naval Square	Dalian	China	59,000 m²		2000
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, Connecticut	United States	65,000 m²
Town Market Square	Olecko	Poland	64,500 m²	212 m by 220 m by 336 m by 253 m	[5][6][7]
Azadliq Square	Baku	Azerbaijan	62,700 m²	570 m by 110 m
Esplanade of the Foro Italico	Palermo	Italy	62.500 m²
Place Bellecour	Lyon	France	62,400 m²	312 m by 200 m
Ba Dinh Square	Hanoi	Vietnam	60,000 m²	400 m by 150 m
Piazza Garibaldi	Napoli	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	[8]
Zócalo	Mexico City	Mexico	57,600 m²	240 m by 240 m	[9]
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
Shouyi Square	Wuhan	China	54,200 m²	Commemorates the Wuchang Uprising	2005
Yakub Kolas Square	Minsk	Belarus	52,000 m²
Széchenyi tér	Szeged	Hungary	50,087 m²
Palace Square	St. Petersburg	Russia	50,000 m²		[10]
Azadi Square (Freedom Square)	Tehran	Iran	50,000 m²		‡
Grand Park	Los Angeles	United States	48,562 m²
Nathan Phillips Square	Toronto	Canada	48,500 m²[11]
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
Erzsébet tér	Budapest	Hungary	43,200 m² approx.	approx 240m by 180m
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	[12]
Place Viger	Montreal	Canada	40,000 m²	400 m by 100 m
Old Port	Marseille	France	40,000 m²		[13]
Victory Square	Minsk	Belarus	39,375 m²
Schloßplatz	Berlin	Germany	39,375 m²
Washington Square Park	New York City	United States	39,000 m²		‡
Main Market Square	Kraków	Poland	40,000 m²	200 m by 200 m	1257
Market Square	Wrocław	Poland	37,920 m²	213 m by 178 m
Plaza de Colón	Madrid	Spain	37,000 m²		[14]
Plaza de España	Madrid	Spain	36,900 m²		[15]
Masarykovo Namesti	Jihlava	Czech Republic	36,653 m²		[15]
Square of the 56-ers	Budapest	Hungary	36,500 m² approx.	approx. 730m by 50m (excluding Heroes' Square)
Avenida da Liberdade	Braga	Portugal	36,000 m² approx.	approx. 400m by 80m
Taksim Square	Istanbul	Turkey	35,949 m²
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
Plaça d'Espanya	Barcelona	Spain	34,000 m²
Plaza Bolívar	Maracay	Venezuela	33,920 m²	320 m by 106 m
Place Denfert-Rochereau	Paris	France	32,000 m² approx.	220 m by 145 m
Sonoma Plaza	Sonoma, CA	United States	32,000 m²		[16]
Grote Markt	Sint-Niklaas	Belgium	31,900 m²
Praça Mouzinho de Albuquerque	Porto	Portugal	31,416 m²		‡
Franklin Square	Philadelphia	United States	31700 m²		[17]
Logan Square	Philadelphia	United States	31700 m²		[17]
Plaza de España	Seville	Spain	31,000 m²	approx. 270 m by 150 m (half-circle)
Praça do Comércio	Lisbon	Portugal	30,600 m²	175 m by 175 m
Tyrs Square	Hostomice pod Brdy	Czech Republic	30,100 m²	430 m by 70 m
Plaça de Catalunya	Barcelona	Spain	30,000 m² approx.		[18]
Katedros aikštė	Vilnius	Lithuania	28,600 m² approx.	approx. 300 m by 90 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		[19]
Rittenhouse Square	Philadelphia	United States	31700 m²		[17]
Washington Square	Philadelphia	United States	31,700 m²		[17]
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.
Plaza del Pilar	Zaragoza	Spain	24,100 m² approx.
Piazza Duccio Galimberti	Cuneo	Italy	24,000 m² approx.
Syntagma Square	Athens	Greece	23,336 m²	156 m by 156 m
St. Peter's Square	Vatican City	Vatican	22,783 m²	ellipse dimensions 196 m by 148 m	[20]
Piazza della Magione	Palermo	Italy	22,200 m²
Zhongshan Square	Dalian	China	22,000 m²
Old Market Square	Nottingham	United Kingdom	22,000 m² approx.		[21]
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
Roman Square	Podgorica	Montenegro	20,000 m² approx.		[22]
Grand'Place	Arras	France	20,000 m² approx.	200 m by 100 m
Pershing Square	Los Angeles	United States	20,000 m²
Stortorget	Karlskrona	Sweden	20,000 m² approx.	200 m by 100 m
Stary Rynek	Poznań	Poland	19,881 m²	141 m by 141 m	[23]
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	Cusco	Peru	19,376 m²	173 m by 112 m
Gwanghwamun Plaza	Seoul	South Korea	19,024 m²
Macedonia Square	Skopje	Republic of Macedonia	18.500 m²
Market Square	Lviv	Ukraine	18,300 m²	142 m by 129 m
Vagzal Squares	Baku	Azerbaijan	18,150 m²	330 m by 55 m
Parc Salvator	Mulhouse	France	18,091 m²	270 m by 67 m
Place de la Riponne	Lausanne	Switzerland	18,000 m²	200 m by 90 m
Place Saint-Lambert	Liège	Belgium	17,900 m²
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		[24]
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
Plaza Mayor de la Constitución	Ciudad de Guatemala	Guatemala	16,000 m²
Terreiro do Paço	Vila Viçosa	Portugal	16,000 m² approx.		[25]
Piazza Castello	Milan	Italy	15,800 m²		[26]
Alexanderplatz	Berlin	Germany	15,000 m²
Trg Republike	Podgorica	Montenegro	15,000 m²		[27]
Kongens Nytorv	Copenhagen	Denmark	15,000 m²
Sechseläutenplatz	Zürich	Switzerland	15,000 m² approx.	150 m by 100 m
Rynek	Nowy Targ	Poland	14,300 m²	140 m by 110 m
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
Seoul Plaza	Seoul	South Korea	13,207 m²
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
Aristotelous Square	Thessaloniki	Greece	12,970 m²
Piazza San Marco	Venice	Italy	12,128 m²	Trapezoidal dimensions: 175 m long, 56.6 m and 82 m wide	[28]
Plaza Mayor	Madrid	Spain	12,126 m²	129 m by 94 m
Trafalgar Square	London	United Kingdom	12,000 m² approx.	110 m by 110 m
Dóm tér	Szeged	Hungary	12,000 m²
Place du Capitole	Toulouse	France	12,000 m²	120 m by 100 m
Hermann Square	Houston	United States	11,360 m² approx.	100 m by 113 m
George Square	Glasgow	United Kingdom	11,250 m²	125 m by 90 m
Piazza Saffi	Forlì	Italy	11,136 m²	128 m by 87 m	[29]
Piazza Unità d'Italia	Trieste	Italy	10,368 m²		[30]
Square Steinbach	Mulhouse	France	10,269 m²
Markt	Bruges	Belgium	10,000 m² approx.		[31]
Rynek Wielki	Zamość	Poland	10,000 m²	100 m by 100 m
Piazza d'Italia, Italia's Square	Sassari	Italy	10,000 m²	100 m by 100 m
Place Émilie-Gamelin	Montreal	Canada	10,000 m²	100 m by 100 m
Plaza Mayor de Valladolid	Valladolid	Spain	9,963 m²	123 m by 81 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
Piazza Carlo Maria Carafa	Grammichele	Italy	9,300 m²	104 m by 104 m
Rådhuspladsen	Copenhagen	Denmark	9,300 m²
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
Salt Square	Wrocław	Poland	8,000 m²	85 m by 94 m
Vabaduse väljak	Tallinn	Estonia	7,752 m²	approx. 110 m by 75 m
Plaza del Obradoiro	Santiago de Compostela	Spain	7,700 m²		[30]
Studentski trg / Students's square	Pale	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7,635 m²	approx. 95 m by 85 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
Plaza Mayor	Salamanca	Spain	6,400 m²
Rotušės aikštė	Alytus	Lithuania	6,300 m²	approx. 175 m by 35 m
Raekoja plats	Tartu	Estonia	6,034 m²	approx. 180 m by 30 m
Münsterplatz	Konstanz	Germany	6,000 m²
Kelfkensbosch	Nijmegen	Netherlands	5,600 m²	160 m by 70 m (Triangular shape)
Raekoja plats	Tallinn	Estonia	5,550 m² approx.	approx. 75 m by 75 m
Lindenhof	Zürich	Switzerland	4,500 m² approx.	60 m by 75 m (pentagonal)
Münsterhof	Zürich	Switzerland	4,500 m² approx.	approx. 75 m by 60 m (octagonal shape)

See also

• List of city squares
• Market square
• Piazza
• Plaza
• Town square

Notes

‡ see corresponding article

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