The paper describes a system of town and country planning, legal forms of land management, and farm structure in France. Special emphasis was placed on the spatial conditions of family farm development, their legal status and internal structure. The conditions providing a basis for rational spatial economy were determined taking into account the legal aspects of family farm development, protection of property rights and the specific character of lease. An attempt was also made to analyze the solutions applied in the past, pointing to their advantages and disadvantages, threats and opportunities.

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