No. 4,410 in French
hectares
"Hectares" is a metric unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters or approximately 2.47 acres.
In a sentence
La ferme couvre une superficie de cent hectares.
The farm covers an area of one hundred hectares.
In this sentence, 'hectares' is used to specify a unit of measure for area, indicating the size of the farm.
Ils ont acheté vingt hectares de terre pour cultiver des légumes.
They bought twenty hectares of land to grow vegetables.
Here, 'hectares' denotes a quantity of land area, emphasizing the capacity intended for agricultural use.
Dans certaines régions, les parcelles atteignent plusieurs milliers d'hectares.
In some regions, the plots reach several thousand hectares.
The term 'hectares' is utilized to express vastness or dimensions of areas, highlighting the scale of the plots discussed.
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