Regional distribution of AEBR members across Europe

Five out of the 14 currently existing large-sized amalgamations of border regions are members of AEBR. Most of them are located in Northern and Central Europe.

When looking at the smaller border and cross-border regions, one can observe certain particularities and regional concentrations in the different parts of Europe (see maps):

• Northern Europe and Baltic Sea area: concentration of cross-border regions in the very North of Scandinavia and in the Southern part of the Baltic Sea area;
• Central and Eastern Europe: most of the cross-border regions in this area are members of AEBR;
• North West Europe: except from South England and Northern France, the proportion of AEBR members is high throughout the area;

• Alpine-Danubian region: the proportion of the large-sized amalgamations that have become AEBR members is high; in general, however, the proportion of members has remained low as many regions have only started to establish co-operation and still have to build up the necessary structures;
• South West Europe/Western part of the Mediterranean region: high proportion of members, with the Spanish and Southern French border regions accounting for the majority of the members;
• South East Europe/Eastern part of the Mediterranean region: most of the border and cross-border regions have become members, especially in Northern Greece, but also in Bulgaria.