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Geospatial data of Europe from GISCO in 1:60 million scale from year 2016

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eurostat_geodata_60_2016.Rd

Geospatial data of Europe from GISCO in 1:60 million scale from year 2016

Format

sf object

Source

Data source: Eurostat via giscoR::gisco_get_nuts().

© EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries

Data downloaded from: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata/reference-data/administrative-units-statistical-units

Details

The dataset contains 2016 observations (rows) and 12 variables (columns).

The object contains the following columns:

  • id: JSON id code, the same as NUTS_ID. See NUTS_ID below for further clarification.

  • LEVL_CODE: NUTS level code: 0 (national level), 1 (major socio-economic regions), 2 (basic regions for the application of regional policies) or 3 (small regions).

  • NUTS_ID: NUTS ID code, consisting of country code and numbers (1 for NUTS 1, 2 for NUTS 2 and 3 for NUTS 3)

  • CNTR_CODE: Country code: two-letter ISO code (ISO 3166 alpha-2), except in the case of Greece (EL).

  • NAME_LATN: NUTS name in local language, transliterated to Latin script

  • NUTS_NAME: NUTS name in local language, in local script.

  • MOUNT_TYPE: Mountain typology for NUTS 3 regions.

    • 1: "where more than 50 % of the surface is covered by topographic mountain areas"

    • 2: "in which more than 50 % of the regional population lives in topographic mountain areas"

    • 3: "where more than 50 % of the surface is covered by topographic mountain areas and where more than 50 % of the regional population lives in these mountain areas"

    • 4: non-mountain region / other region

    • 0: no classification provided (e.g. in the case of NUTS 1 and NUTS 2 and non-EU countries)

  • URBN_TYPE: Urban-rural typology for NUTS 3 regions.

    • 1: predominantly urban region

    • 2: intermediate region

    • 3: predominantly rural region

    • 0: no classification provided (e.g. in the case of NUTS 1 and NUTS 2 regions)

  • COAST_TYPE: Coastal typology for NUTS 3 regions.

    • 1: coastal (on coast)

    • 2: coastal (>= 50% of population living within 50km of the coastline)

    • 3: non-coastal region

    • 0: no classification provided (e.g. in the case of NUTS 1 and NUTS 2 regions)

  • FID: Same as NUTS_ID.

  • geo: Same as NUTS_ID, added for for easier joins with dplyr. However, it is recommended to use other identical fields for this purpose.

  • geometry: geospatial information.

Dataset updated: 2023-06-29. For a more recent version, please use giscoR::gisco_get_nuts() function.

References

The following copyright notice is provided for end user convenience. Please check up-to-date copyright information from the eurostat website: GISCO: Geographical information and maps - Administrative units/statistical units

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  1. The Commission agrees to grant the non-exclusive and not transferable right to use and process the Eurostat/GISCO geographical data downloaded from this page (the "data").

  2. The permission to use the data is granted on condition that:

    1. the data will not be used for commercial purposes;

    2. the source will be acknowledged. A copyright notice, as specified below, will have to be visible on any printed or electronic publication using the data downloaded from this page.

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FR: © EuroGeographics pour les limites administratives

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See also

giscoR::gisco_get_nuts() and Eurostat. (2019). Methodological manual on territorial typologies -- 2018 edition. Manuals and guidelines.

Other datasets: eu_countries, tgs00026

Other geospatial: get_eurostat_geospatial()

Examples


eurostat_geodata_60_2016 <- eurostat::eurostat_geodata_60_2016

# Manipulate and plot
if (require(sf)) {
  library(sf)
  # Filter NUTS3 from select countries like in a regular data frame
  example_nuts <- subset(eurostat_geodata_60_2016, LEVL_CODE == 3 &
    CNTR_CODE %in% c("DK", "DE", "PL"))

  plot(example_nuts["CNTR_CODE"])
}
#> Loading required package: sf
#> Linking to GEOS 3.10.2, GDAL 3.4.1, PROJ 8.2.1; sf_use_s2() is TRUE