Administrative Regions/Boundaries of Europe from UNEP/GRID-Geneva
Entry ID:
GNV00158
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Summary
[The summary was adapted from original documentation provided by
UNEP/GRID-Geneva]
UNEP/GRID Documentation Summary for Data Set:
Administrative Regions/Boundaries of Europe
The Administrative Regions/Boundaries data set shows sub-national
administrative areas within the European continent. Generally
speaking, the data set ... contains second-level administrative units for
the whole of Europe, including countries outside the European
Community (EC) in northern, eastern and central Europe. For the 12
member countries of the EC, the data are nearly identical with NUTS
level II boundaries. The Nomenclature des Unites Territorial
Statistiques is the name used by the EC to define different
hierarchical administrative levels. Level II typically refers to
provinces or counties. To enable incorporation of non-EC regions, a
second coding system has been provided, in addition to the NUTS
system. Both coding systems are included in the data set.
The original coverage was provided to GRID by Eurostat in the Lambert
Azimuthal projection, which is the EC standard projection. GRID has
re-projected the coverage to fit the Latitude/Longitude coordinate
system. Furthermore, attributes supplied by Eurostat for population
size, names and surface areas have been checked, edited and added to
the coverage in order to assure greater consistency within the data.
The resulting administrative regions map, covering a pan-European
area, contains 2555 polygons for 415 regions and includes attribute
data for the size, name and population for several years between 1980
and 1991. For technical reasons, the attribute data for the names
have been put in a separate 'Info' file.
In Arc/Info uncompressed 'EXPORT' format, the coverage plus attribute
data comprises 10.7 Mb of data. The coverage in Lat/Long projection is
called EUADMLL and the associated 'Info' file EUNAMLL.INF. These
files can be read from tape to disk using Arc/Info's TAPEREAD command
and subsequently be imported into Arc/Info using the commands:
IMPORT COVER EUADMLL EUADMLL and
IMPORT INFO EUNAMLL EUNAMLL.INF.
The attribute file can then be joined with the polygon attribute file
of the main coverage (EUADMLL.PAT) using Arc's JOINITEM command or
Info's RELATE command. The item to be used for this is called
EUADMLL-ID.
The data set extends geographically from -24 31' 19" West to 31 36'
18" East longitude and from 27 38' 13" to 71 10' 8" North latitude.
The coverage is also available in the original Lambert Azimuthal
projection.
The source for the pan-European Administrative Boundaries data set is:
Commission of the European Communities, Eurostat - GISCO, Luxembourg.
References to the data set are:
- The CORINE Database Manual; Directorate General for the Environment,
Nuclear Safety and Civil Protection, Commission of the European
Communities, Version 2.2, Brussels, November 1989.
- Regions; Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics;
Eurostat; Luxembourg, March 1992.
- List of administrative regions for European countries outside
the Community; Eurostat, Luxembourg, December 1992.
The Arc/Info attributes are explained below:
EUADMLL.PAT
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Item: Description: Values:
ARRGCD Administrative Region code see list
NURGCD NUTS Region Code see list
ARRGCTCD Adm. Region Continental Code EE = EUROPE - EC
EF = Europe - EFTA
EN = Europe - others
A = Asia
F = Africa
S = Seas/Lakes
P = Arctica
ARRGLBLV Adm. Region Label Level 1 = biggest polygon by
admin. region
2 = all others
TOTAREA Area of region in km2
POP80 1980 Pop. of ARRGCD region no. of inhabitants
POP85 1985 Pop. of ARRGCD region no. of inhabitants
POP87 1987 Pop. of ARRGCD region no. of inhabitants
POP88 1988 Pop. of ARRGCD region no. of inhabitants
POP89 1989 Pop. of ARRGCD region no. of inhabitants
POP90 1990 Pop. of ARRGCD region no. of inhabitants
POP91 1991 Pop. of ARRGCD region no. of inhabitants
(Redefined Items:)
ARRGCD0 Admin. Region Code Level 0 country level
ARRGCD1 Admin. Region Code Level 1 regional level
ARRGCD2 Admin. Region Code Level 2 regional level
NURGCD0 NUTS Region Code Level 0 country level
NURGCD1 NUTS Region Code Level 1 regional level
NURGCD2 NUTS Region Code Level 2 regional level
EUADMLL.AAT
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Item: Description: Values:
ARRGBNLV Admin. Region Boundary Level Type of boundary:
-1 Coastline
0 National boundary
1 Regional boundary
2 Regional boundary
3 Regional boundary
EUNAMLL.INF
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Item: Description: Values:
EUADMLL-ID unique identifier same as in EUADMLL.PAT
NAME Name of ARRGCD/NURGCD region in national language
Related URL
Link:
GET DATA
Description:
Access the administrative regions/boundaries data for Europe.
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Geographic Coverage
Spatial coordinates
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S: 28.0 |
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E: 32.0 |
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W: -25.0 |
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Originating Center
Data Center
Personnel
GENE
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MAJOR
Role:
DIF AUTHOR
Email:
gsfc-gcmduso at mail.nasa.gov
HY
DAO
Role:
TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone:
41-22-917-82-25
Fax:
41-22-917-80-29
Email:
hy.dao at grid.unep.ch
Contact Address:
UNEP Division of Early Warning and Assessment
Global Resources Information Database
11 Chemin des Anémones
City:
Geneva
Postal Code:
1219
Country:
SWITZERLAND
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Publications/References
The CORINE Database Manual; Directorate General for the Environment,
Nuclear Safety and Civil Protection, Commission of the European
Communities, Version 2.2, Brussels, November 1989.
Regions; Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics;
Eurostat; Luxembourg, March 1992.
List of administrative regions for European countries outside
the Community; Eurostat, Luxembourg, December 1992.
Creation and Review Dates
Last DIF Revision Date:
2006-05-30
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