translate English to French: Various factors, among them agglomeration economies, are giving rise to the concentration of economic activities in large city-regions which are more and more functionality specialized in different business services and as locations for headquarters while smaller metro areas (among them Montreal) specialize in production functions.
De nombreux facteurs, dont les Ã©conomies d’agglomÃ©ration, favorisent la concentration d’activitÃ©s Ã©conomiques dans les grandes rÃ©gions mÃ©tropolitaines, qui de plus en plus se spÃ©cialisent dans diffÃ©rents services aux entreprises et deviennent des endroits de pÃ©dilection pour y Ã©tablir des siÃ¨ges d’entreprises. Les rÃ©gions mÃ©tropolitaines de moindre envergure (dont MontrÃ©al) se spÃ©cialisent plutÃ´t dans les activitÃ©s de production.