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Some individual country observations:
 
Some individual country observations:
# Belgium - the runnerup is Mechelen, so if more cities are added, the centroid might move towards that city along the motorway.
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* Belgium - the runnerup is Mechelen, so if more cities are added, the centroid might move towards that city along the motorway.
# France - the centroid lies along the motorway between Paris and Lyon. There are no cities that are large enough in the top 20 to push the centroid away from Paris towards Lyon. Adding Dijon did not help. Probably due to a lack of motorways to the west from Dijon.
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* Denmark - no surprise that this is Copenhagen. This is far the largest city of Denmark. And thus much different from the geographic centroid.
# Germany - the country is dominated by Berlin. Only thanks to the existence of a large town to the west, the centroid could be moved there (Hannover).
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* France - the centroid lies along the motorway between Paris and Lyon. There are no cities that are large enough in the top 20 to push the centroid away from Paris towards Lyon. Adding Dijon did not help. Probably due to a lack of motorways to the west from Dijon.
# Italy - the centroid is dominated by Rome, but might move upwards towards Florence, when more cities in the populous north are added.
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* Germany - the country is dominated by Berlin. Only thanks to the existence of a large town to the west, the centroid could be moved there (Hannover).
# Norway - the centroid is in Skien, but could have been in Oslo, or in between these two cities. The centroid is much lower than the actual geographic centroid.
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* Italy - the centroid is dominated by Rome, but might move upwards towards Florence, when more cities in the populous north are added.
# Spain - Madrid is very well placed centrally in the country. Madrid and Barcelona are the greatest influencers on the centroid. The cities on the Canaries have been removed, but the Baleares have been kept.
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* Netherlands - as expected in Utrecht. This is in the center of the country and also a center of motorways;
# Switzerland - Olten is one of the smaller towns in the valleys around Zurich, which dominates the centroid. Note that for transport a route through Italy is sometimes more advantageous.
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* Norway - the centroid is in Skien, but could have been in Oslo, or in between these two cities. The centroid is much lower than the actual geographic centroid.
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* Spain - Madrid is very well placed centrally in the country. Madrid and Barcelona are the greatest influencers on the centroid. The cities on the Canaries have been removed, but the Baleares have been kept.
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* Switzerland - Olten is one of the smaller towns in the valleys around Zurich, which dominates the centroid. Note that for transport a route through Italy is sometimes more advantageous.
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