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NUTS 2024 sf object

Source: R/data.R
gisco_nuts_2024.Rd

This dataset represents the regions for levels 0, 1, 2 and 3 of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) for 2024.

Format

A sf object with MULTIPOLYGON geometries, resolution: 1:20 million and EPSG:4326. It has 1798 rows and 10 variables:

NUTS_ID

NUTS identifier.

LEVL_CODE

NUTS level code (0,1,2,3).

CNTR_CODE

Eurostat country code.

NAME_LATN

NUTS name in Latin characters.

NUTS_NAME

NUTS name in the local alphabet.

MOUNT_TYPE

Mountain type, see Details.

URBN_TYPE

Urban type, see Details.

COAST_TYPE

Coastal type, see Details.

geo

Same value as NUTS_ID, provided for compatibility with eurostat.

geometry

Geometry field.

Source

NUTS_RG_20M_2024_4326.gpkg file.

Details

MOUNT_TYPE: Mountain typology:

  • 1: More than 50 % of the surface is covered by topographic mountain areas.

  • 2: More than 50 % of the regional population lives in topographic mountain areas.

  • 3: 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 regions.

  • 0: No classification provided.

URBN_TYPE: Urban-rural typology:

  • 1: Predominantly urban region.

  • 2: Intermediate region.

  • 3: Predominantly rural region.

  • 0: No classification provided.

COAST_TYPE: Coastal typology:

  • 1: Coastal (on coast).

  • 2: Coastal (less than 50 % of population living within 50 km of the coastline).

  • 3: Non-coastal region.

  • 0: No classification provided.

See the GISCO statistical unit copyright provisions: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata/statistical-units.

Note

Check the download and usage provisions in gisco_attributions().

See also

gisco_get_nuts()

Included datasets: gisco_coastal_lines, gisco_countries_2024, gisco_countrycode, gisco_db

Examples

data("gisco_nuts_2024")
head(gisco_nuts_2024)
#> Simple feature collection with 6 features and 9 fields
#> Geometry type: MULTIPOLYGON
#> Dimension:     XY
#> Bounding box:  xmin: 19.30265 ymin: 40.72684 xmax: 20.59774 ymax: 42.63906
#> Geodetic CRS:  WGS 84
#> # A tibble: 6 × 10
#>   NUTS_ID LEVL_CODE CNTR_CODE NAME_LATN NUTS_NAME MOUNT_TYPE URBN_TYPE
#>   <chr>       <int> <chr>     <chr>     <chr>          <int>     <int>
#> 1 AL011           3 AL        Dibër     Dibër             NA        NA
#> 2 AL012           3 AL        Durrës    Durrës            NA        NA
#> 3 AL013           3 AL        Kukës     Kukës             NA        NA
#> 4 AL014           3 AL        Lezhë     Lezhë             NA        NA
#> 5 AL015           3 AL        Shkodër   Shkodër           NA        NA
#> 6 AL021           3 AL        Elbasan   Elbasan           NA        NA
#> # ℹ 3 more variables: COAST_TYPE <int>, geo <chr>, geometry <MULTIPOLYGON [°]>