What location is considered to be the center of population of Europe? (place, France)

[elnina]

I don't think there is an easy answer.
Finding the Center of Europe | Europe Blog
In continental Europe without Iceland - the point is somewhere in Poland.
If we count all extreme points ( from Caspian Sea, over Crete, Azores etc.) then the center is in south Norway.
File:Extreme points of Europe.png - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Eurozone is France, for now. Till they add more countries, and then it will change again.

[Geggo]

Originally Posted by owenc

Most folk don't consider Russia to be in Europe.

Who is most folks?

By the way, most people think that Northern Ireland is part of Europe.

[barneyg]

Originally Posted by Davy-040

Because of location, wars, history etc. i'm happy to just give Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan to Asia.
Move Armenia to Crimea, if they don't accept that give Ukraine to Asia as well and move Armenia to the Turkish part of Cyprus and send the Turks back to the mainland OR move Armenia to Southeast Belarus.

You put Russia in Asia because of wars and history? Help me out here because it seems completely wrong.

[barneyg]

Originally Posted by elnina

I don't think there is an easy answer.
Finding the Center of Europe | Europe Blog
In continental Europe without Iceland - the point is somewhere in Poland.
If we count all extreme points ( from Caspian Sea, over Crete, Azores etc.) then the center is in south Norway.
File:Extreme points of Europe.png - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Eurozone is France, for now. Till they add more countries, and then it will change again.

This is all nice and good but none of it pertains to the OP's question (i.e. the center of population).

[french user]

Originally Posted by barneyg

This is all nice and good but none of it pertains to the OP's question (i.e. the center of population).

Yes, geographical center of Europe was not the question here.

[Mac15]

Originally Posted by Geggo

Who is most folks?

By the way, most people think that Northern Ireland is part of Europe.

Yea obviously but let me tell you when your here people will refer to France, Germany etc as Europe.

[André89]

Without a doubt Russia is a part of Europe, I think some people here must learn geography and history, if they didn't it in a school.

[Mac15]

I do A level Geography and my grade currently is a B. So do not tell me that I need to do Geography.

Russia is not politically part of Europe. It is all about Perception, Iceland is part of North American plate but nobody hardly ever says it is in North America.

[Geggo]

Originally Posted by owenc

Russia is not politically part of Europe.

Who says so, your teachers, or is it your own theory/opinion?

Russia has always been part of Europe, geographically (well, here Asia has a portion of it as well), politically and historically, just as Spain, Norway, Greece and even Northern Ireland.

[2360039]

You see on the maps that Europe is densely populated in The Netherlands, Belgium, Western-Germany and Northeast France.
The "centre" of population can be the Strasbourg-Frankfurt-Mannheim region. On both sides of the river Rhine.