gisco_get_nuts: Territorial units for statistics (NUTS) dataset

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Territorial units for statistics (NUTS) dataset

Description

The GISCO statistical unit dataset represents the NUTS (nomenclature of territorial units for statistics) and statistical regions by means of multipart polygon, polyline and point topology. The NUTS geographical information is completed by attribute tables and a set of cartographic help lines to better visualise multipart polygonal regions.

The NUTS are a hierarchical system divided into 3 levels:

• NUTS 1: major socio-economic regions

• NUTS 2: basic regions for the application of regional policies

• NUTS 3: small regions for specific diagnoses.

Also, there is a NUTS 0 level, which usually corresponds to the national boundaries.

Please note that this function gets data from the aggregated GISCO NUTS file, that contains data of all the countries at the requested NUTS level(s). If you prefer to download individual NUTS files, please use gisco_get_unit_nuts().

Usage

gisco_get_nuts(
  year = 2024,
  epsg = 4326,
  cache = TRUE,
  update_cache = FALSE,
  cache_dir = NULL,
  verbose = FALSE,
  resolution = 20,
  spatialtype = "RG",
  country = NULL,
  nuts_id = NULL,
  nuts_level = c("all", "0", "1", "2", "3"),
  ext = "gpkg"
)

Arguments

year	character string or number. Release year of the file. One of \Sexpr[stage=render,results=rd]{giscoR:::db_values("nuts", "year",TRUE)}.
epsg	character string or number. Projection of the map: 4-digit EPSG code. One of: "4326": WGS84. "3035": ETRS89 / ETRS-LAEA. "3857": Pseudo-Mercator.
cache	logical. Whether to do caching. Default is TRUE. 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.
cache_dir	character string. A path to a cache directory. See Caching strategies section in gisco_set_cache_dir().
verbose	logical. If TRUE displays informational messages.
resolution	character string or number. Resolution of the geospatial data. One of: "60": 1:60 million. "20": 1:20 million. "10": 1:10 million. "03": 1:3 million. "01": 1:1 million.
spatialtype	character string. Type of geometry to be returned. Options available are: "RG": Regions - MULTIPOLYGON/POLYGON object. "LB": Labels - POINT object. "BN": Boundaries - LINESTRING object. Note that arguments country, nuts_level and nuts_id would be only applied when spatialtype is "RG" or "LB".
country	character vector of country codes. It could be either a vector of country names, a vector of ISO3 country codes or a vector of Eurostat country codes. See also countrycode::countrycode().
nuts_id	Optional. A character vector of NUTS IDs.
nuts_level	character string. NUTS level. One of 0, 1, 2, 3 or all for all levels.
ext	character. Extension of the file (default "gpkg"). One of \Sexpr[stage=render,results=rd]{giscoR:::db_values("nuts", "ext",TRUE)}.

Details

The NUTS nomenclature is a hierarchical classification of statistical regions and subdivides the EU economic territory into regions of three different levels (NUTS 1, 2 and 3, moving respectively from larger to smaller territorial units). NUTS 1 is the most aggregated level. An additional Country level (NUTS 0) is also available for countries where the nation at statistical level does not coincide with the administrative boundaries.

The NUTS classification has been officially established through Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/1755. A non-official NUTS-like classification has been defined for the EFTA countries, candidate countries and potential candidates based on a bilateral agreement between Eurostat and the respective statistical agencies.

An introduction to the NUTS classification is available here: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/nuts/overview.

Value

A sf object.

Note

Please check the download and usage provisions on gisco_attributions().

Source

https://gisco-services.ec.europa.eu/distribution/v2/.

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

See Also

gisco_nuts_2024, eurostat::get_eurostat_geospatial().

See gisco_bulk_download() to perform a bulk download of datasets.

See gisco_get_unit_nuts() to download single files.

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

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

Examples

nuts2 <- gisco_get_nuts(nuts_level = 2)

library(ggplot2)

ggplot(nuts2) +
  geom_sf() +
  # ETRS89 / ETRS-LAEA
  coord_sf(
    crs = 3035, xlim = c(2377294, 7453440),
    ylim = c(1313597, 5628510)
  ) +
  labs(title = "NUTS-2 levels")
# NUTS-3 for Germany
germany_nuts3 <- gisco_get_nuts(nuts_level = 3, country = "Germany")

ggplot(germany_nuts3) +
  geom_sf() +
  labs(
    title = "NUTS-3 levels",
    subtitle = "Germany",
    caption = gisco_attributions()
  )


# Select specific regions
select_nuts <- gisco_get_nuts(nuts_id = c("ES2", "FRJ", "FRL", "ITC"))

ggplot(select_nuts) +
  geom_sf(aes(fill = CNTR_CODE)) +
  scale_fill_viridis_d()

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