This article aims to identify the role of urban areas in freight systems. To achieve this goal, the article examines the nature and intensity of interurban freight flows in France. It draws on the results of a French survey’ that describes shipments sent by firms. It paints a simplified picture of the geography of freight flows with regard to the light they shed on economic interactions between urban centers. It shows that the pattern of inter-urban freight flows in France is hierarchical: large urban areas are supplied by smaller ones.
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