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[[File:Europe_Main-airports-in-the-European-Union_2019_map_17850_eng.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Map: Main airports in the European Union. 2019. Europe. [//centrodedescargas.cnig.es/CentroDescargas/busquedaRedirigida.do?ruta=PUBLICACION_CNIG_DATOS_VARIOS/aneTematico/Europe_Main-airports-in-the-European-Union_2019_map_17850_eng.pdf PDF]. [//centrodedescargas.cnig.es/CentroDescargas/busquedaRedirigida.do?ruta=PUBLICACION_CNIG_DATOS_VARIOS/aneTematico/Europe_Main-airports-in-the-European-Union_2019_map_17850_eng.zip Data].]]
If we look at the map showing the [[:ArchivoFile:Europa_DensidadEurope_Most-depopulous-poblacioncities-enin-lathe-UnionEuropean-Europea_2019_mapa_18193_spaUnion_2019_map_18141_eng.jpg|''Most populous cities in the European Union'']], we may observe that the high rates of urbanisation in Europe translate to a network of numerous medium-sized (by global standards) cities in close proximity to one another. This urban pattern is totally different to the megacities in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. It is particularly prominent in the aforementioned Blue Banana, where several cities with over half a million inhabitants are located just a short distance from one another and are included in different Member States. The density of flows between these cities played a significant role in easing the spread of the virus across the continent, which led to the roll-out of coordinated measures throughout the twenty-seven EU States. However, unlike
in other continents, the size and morphology of the European urban system allowed the Authorities to quarantine the cities and neighbourhoods with the highest incidence of infection with relative ease, and this helped to control the pandemic in the heart of Europe.
[[File:Logo Monografía.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Statistical graph: Evolución de casos COVID-19 en la Unión Europea. 2020. Europa.]]
[[File:Europe_COVID--19-cases-in-the-European-Union_2020_map_17792_eng.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Map: COVID-19 cases in the European Union. 2020. Europe. [//centrodedescargas.cnig.es/CentroDescargas/busquedaRedirigida.do?ruta=PUBLICACION_CNIG_DATOS_VARIOS/aneTematico/Europe_COVID--19-cases-in-the-European-Union_2020_map_17792_eng.pdf PDF]. [//centrodedescargas.cnig.es/CentroDescargas/busquedaRedirigida.do?ruta=PUBLICACION_CNIG_DATOS_VARIOS/aneTematico/Europe_COVID--19-cases-in-the-European-Union_2020_map_17792_eng.zip Data]. [REPLACE_WITH_GEOCLIP_URL_OR_DELETE_LINK Interactive].]]
Having analysed the four geographical aspects that show the internal heterogeneity of the European Union and played a decisive role in the way the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the different territories to varying degrees, the statistics have been synthesised on the maps and graphs included on the next page to show the impact of the pandemic across the European Union.
