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A sf object including all NUTS levels as provided by GISCO (2016 version).

Format

A POLYGON data frame (resolution: 1:20million, EPSG:4326) object with 2,016 rows and 11 variables:

NUTS_ID

NUTS identifier.

LEVL_CODE

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

URBN_TYPE

Urban Type, see Details.

CNTR_CODE

Eurostat Country code.

NAME_LATN

NUTS name on Latin characters.

NUTS_NAME

NUTS name on local alphabet.

MOUNT_TYPE

Mount Type, see Details.

COAST_TYPE

Coast Type, see Details.

FID

FID.

geo

Same as NUTS_ID, provided for compatibility with eurostat.

geometry

geometry field.

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.

Examples


data("gisco_nuts")
head(gisco_nuts)
#> Simple feature collection with 6 features and 10 fields
#> Geometry type: MULTIPOLYGON
#> Dimension:     XY
#> Bounding box:  xmin: -63.08825 ymin: -21.39077 xmax: 55.83808 ymax: 70.08134
#> Geodetic CRS:  WGS 84
#>   NUTS_ID LEVL_CODE URBN_TYPE CNTR_CODE                  NAME_LATN
#> 1      ES         0         0        ES                     ESPAÑA
#> 2      FI         0         0        FI            SUOMI / FINLAND
#> 3      IS         0         0        IS                     ÍSLAND
#> 4     PT2         1         0        PT REGIÃO AUTÓNOMA DOS AÇORES
#> 5      FR         0         0        FR                     FRANCE
#> 6      HR         0         0        HR                   HRVATSKA
#>                    NUTS_NAME MOUNT_TYPE COAST_TYPE FID geo
#> 1                     ESPAÑA          0          0  ES  ES
#> 2            SUOMI / FINLAND          0          0  FI  FI
#> 3                     ÍSLAND          0          0  IS  IS
#> 4 REGIÃO AUTÓNOMA DOS AÇORES          0          0 PT2 PT2
#> 5                     FRANCE          0          0  FR  FR
#> 6                   HRVATSKA          0          0  HR  HR
#>                         geometry
#> 1 MULTIPOLYGON (((4.17069 40....
#> 2 MULTIPOLYGON (((28.8195 69....
#> 3 MULTIPOLYGON (((-21.25398 6...
#> 4 MULTIPOLYGON (((-25.18988 3...
#> 5 MULTIPOLYGON (((55.32105 -2...
#> 6 MULTIPOLYGON (((16.37339 46...