ABSTRACT
The major urban agglomerations tend noticeably to have a central location within the European Community. The major urban agglomerations tend noticeably to have a central location within the European Community. The country shows an extreme version of the centre-periphery contrast the national/regional scale. In the nineteenth century, France never experienced the rapid population growth typical of other advanced countries. In the 1990s, undeterred, the central government and the regional authority elected began work on a new plan for the next quarter-century. In the Federal Republic of Germany, as in France, the same contrast is evident. The addition of large sparsely peopled areas marginally reduced the degree of urbanization. At the opposite end of Europe, the main interest for the planner is at the more local scale.
