Abstract
Defining the urban night As compared to the human organism, a city's existence is organised according to the day-night alternation. Yet, although there is a growing interest for the city, we tend to forget its night dimension. This amnesia concerns just as much the municipal officials, urban and town planners, technicians and scientists. In our regions where during the winter, two thirds of the day light is lost, there is however a life after day time. Urban night time is no longer the period of total obscurity symbolised by curfew and social rest which inspired artists in quest of liberty, served as a refuge for criminals and was a source of distress for the government scene of new conflicts between individuals or neighbourhoods which are sleeping, working or feasting. As a forgotten dimension of the city and a zone of central tensions, the night has to open itself to scientific research. The geographer, proposes according to two contradictory poles, liberty and insecurity, the exploration of the city at night. He tries to define the urban night, its limits and rhythms, brings to light the stakes and tensions which accompany this conquest and wonders about the emergence of a society which functions 24h/24h.
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