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See all EU institutions and bodiesThe European inventory of Nationally designated areas holds information about designated areas and their designation types, which directly or indirectly create protected areas. The Nationally designated areas is the official source of protected area information from the 38 European member countries to the World Database of Protected Areas (WDPA). The Nationally designated areas data can be queried online in the
Datasets
Nationally designated areas for public access (vector data) - July 2026GeopackageGDBOGC:WMS
Published: 10 Jul 2026
Temporal coverage: 2025-2026
Nationally designated areas for public access (tabular data) - July 2026ascii (.csv, .txt, .sql)
Published: 10 Jul 2026
Temporal coverage: 2025-2026
Superseded or restricted datasets
Nationally designated areas for public access (vector data) - May 2024GeopackageGDBESRI:RESTOGC:WMSSuperseded
Published: 31 May 2024
Temporal coverage: 2023-2024
Nationally designated areas for public access (tabular data) - May 2024ascii (.csv, .txt, .sql)Superseded
Published: 31 May 2024
Temporal coverage: 2023-2024