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EuroBoundaryMap

EuroBoundaryMap is a seamless geo-database at the scale 1:100 000 covering 61 European countries and territories (according to ISO country code and Kosovo) from 39 data producers. It contains geometry, names and codes of administrative and statistical units continuously updated by our members, the national mapping and cadastral authorities (NMCAs) of Europe. It links to the updated statistical LAU- and NUTS-codes for all local administrative units of the 27 member states of the European Union.

 

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Basic information

Current version 2024
Release date May 2024
Nominal scale 1:100 000
Coordinate system Geographical in degrees (longitude, latitude) with decimal fraction and based on the ETRS89 spatial reference system
Database structure The geometry of administrative units at most detailed level is stored in a data layer. The boundaries, administrative units on upper hierarchical level and statistical regions are provided as additional layers. Attributive information is stored in linked tables.
Database specification EBM Specification
Delivery formats available

GeoPackage

ESRI ArcGIS Geodatabase (10.1)

ESRI Shapefiles
Data structure and content

EuroBoundaryMap 2024 offers:

  • Geometry of all European administrative and statistical units from the most detailed local level to country level
  • Names (Unicode-UTF8 and ASCII) and unique hierarchical structured codes (UIDs) of all administrative units on each national administrative level
  • Unified coding system for all the administrative levels including designations of different national levels and the relations between them
  • Links to statistical LAU- and NUTS codes for all local administrative units of EU27
  • Distinction between land and water areas of administrative units (for example coastal water or lakes)
  • Additional attributive information, especially population figures for administrative units
Change history

Changes from EuroBoundaryMap 2023 to EuroBoundaryMap 2024

  • The product EBM 2024 is a full update of all countries.
  • Territorial sea areas are included for a number of countries as an optional feature.
Quality and standards The Data Product Specification is compliant to ISO 19131. The quality of EuroBoundaryMap 2024 product has been checked according to ISO 19157 and the results are documented. The metadata of EuroBoundaryMap 2024 and all national contributions is based on the ISO 19115 standard and the INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules v1.3. Lineage information for national contributions report on product processing, national specifics and the national administrative hierarchy.
 

Coverage

 

Dataset includes:

Albania
Austria
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark including the Faroe Islands and Greenland
Estonia
Finland
France including French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Reunion, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Monaco
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy including San Marino and Vatican City
Kosovo*
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Moldova
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway including Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain including Andorra and Gibraltar
Sweden
Switzerland including Liechtenstein
Ukraine
United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSC 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence

 

Sample data

Sample data are available upon request to victoria.persson@eurogeographics.org.

The samples are available for evaluation purposes and are taken from the border area between Belgium, France, Germany and Luxembourg.

The sample data is for internal evaluation purposes only. All are © EuroGeographics

Applications

EuroBoundaryMap 2024 enables you to geo-reference statistical data, and can also be used as a background to geo-referenced datasets.

View some use cases.

The most typical applications of the data are:

  • geo-market analysis
  • socio-economic analysis
  • demographic analysis
  • asset management, and
  • geo-referencing cross-border data.
 

Product literature

EBM 2024 specification ( also serves as user guide). 

 

Contact

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Licensing

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