gisco_get_census: Census dataset

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Census dataset

Description

This dataset shows pan European communal boundaries depicting the situation at the corresponding Census.

Usage

gisco_get_census(
  year = 2011,
  cache_dir = NULL,
  update_cache = FALSE,
  verbose = FALSE,
  spatialtype = c("RG", "PT")
)

Arguments

year	character string or number. Release year of the file. Currently only "2011" is provided.
cache_dir	character string. A path to a cache directory. See Caching strategies section in gisco_set_cache_dir().
update_cache	logical. Should the cached file be refreshed?. Default is FALSE. When set to TRUE it would force a new download.
verbose	logical. If TRUE displays informational messages.
spatialtype	Type of geometry to be returned: "PT": Points - POINT object. "RG": Regions - MULTIPOLYGON/POLYGON object.

Value

A sf object.

Source

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata/statistical-units/census.

Copyright: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata/statistical-units.

See Also

See gisco_id_api_census_grid() to download via GISCO ID service API.

Other statistical units datasets: gisco_get_coastal_lines(), gisco_get_lau(), gisco_get_nuts(), gisco_get_urban_audit()

Examples

library(sf)

pts <- gisco_get_census(spatialtype = "PT")

pts

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