: a unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters see Metric System Table
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For a small modular reactor (SMR), a type of advanced nuclear reactor, an ideal site size is a couple of hundred acres (about 80 hectares), while a thousand acres (over 400 ha) is ideal for a large nuclear plant.
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Daniel Stout, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Aug. 2025
This year is also an outlier, with almost 6 million hectares burned.
—Andrew Montequin, jsonline.com, 2 Aug. 2025
The French capital currently has the Studios de Paris which spreads 39 acres (16 hectares) and boasts a 102.000-square-feet sound stage.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 24 July 2025
Planting crews cultivated more than 50,000 trees, and public green space skyrocketed from twenty hectares at the beginning of Haussmann’s project to more than 1,600 hectares by 1870.
—Jennifer Dasal
july 16, Literary Hub, 16 July 2025
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Daniel Stout, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Aug. 2025
This year is also an outlier, with almost 6 million hectares burned.
—Andrew Montequin, jsonline.com, 2 Aug. 2025
The French capital currently has the Studios de Paris which spreads 39 acres (16 hectares) and boasts a 102.000-square-feet sound stage.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 24 July 2025
Planting crews cultivated more than 50,000 trees, and public green space skyrocketed from twenty hectares at the beginning of Haussmann’s project to more than 1,600 hectares by 1870.
—Jennifer Dasal
july 16, Literary Hub, 16 July 2025
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“Hectare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hectare. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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hectare
noun
hect·are
ˈhek-ˌta(ə)r 
-ˌte(ə)r
-ˌte(ə)r
-ˌtär
: a unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters see metric system
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