diff --git a/check-places.py b/check-places.py
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+from sys import argv
+from shapely import wkt
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    for (index, line) in enumerate(open(argv[1])):
+        name, geom = line.split('\t', 1)
+        geom = wkt.loads(geom)
+        print 'line', index + 1, '-', name, '%.3f' % geom.area