nuts: Azorean NUTS

In CAOP.RAA.2024: Official Administrative Map of the Azores (CAOP 2024)

Azorean NUTS

Description

nuts() returns the boundaries of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS).

nuts_25N() returns the NUTS boundaries in the meter-based projection PTRA08 / UTM zone 25N, i.e. the NUTS area in the western-most part of the archipelago: Ilha das Flores and Ilha do Corvo.

nuts_26N() returns the NUTS boundaries in the meter-based projection PTRA08 / UTM zone 26N, i.e. the NUTS area in the Central and Eastern groups of the archipelago.

Usage

nuts(crs = laea_azores_proj())

nuts_25N()

nuts_26N()

Arguments

crs	Coordinate reference system (CRS) passed on to st_transform(). Defaults to a custom CRS centered on the Azores, see laea_azores_proj() for more details. Other possible options are "EPSG: 3035" for ETRS89-extended / LAEA Europe or "EPSG:4326" for WGS 84.

Value

A simple features (sf) object with seven fields:

nuts_code

NUTS code.

nuts_level

NUTS level.

nuts_name

NUTS name.

area

NUTS area in hectares (ha).

perimeter

NUTS perimeter in kilometers.

n_municipalities

Number of municipalities in the NUTS.

n_parishes

Number of parishes in the NUTS.

Examples

nuts()
nuts_25N()
nuts_26N()

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