GISCO - Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics

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NUTS 2021 dataset is based on: EuroBoundaryMap (EBM) v2020 from EuroGeographics (scale of 1:100.000), Global Administrative Unit Layer (GAUL) 2015 country data from UN/FAO, data from the National Statistical Institute of Türkiye (TurkStat).
The different scale levels were derived by generalisation of the 100K scale. This dataset consists of 2 feature classes (region polygons and boundaries) per scale level (100k, 1M, 3M, 10M, 20M, 60M). In addition, there is also a label feature class (scale independent). This labelpoint feature class was created with a label inside each NUTS region at the 3 NUTS levels (1 - 3) and countries. Furthermore, two line feature classes were created: one feature class for cartographic joiners to identify where NUTS areas have one or more enclaves and a second line feature class, for cartographic separators to identify where the NUTS limits are in the sea. The arcs of the two latter feature classes are only useful for cartographic purposes and are not meant to identify actual administrative or statistical boundaries stretching into the sea or have any other significance. The boundaries and regions are related to each other through a relationship table. Associated tables contain basic information such as the region's name. The 5 small scale feature classes should be used exclusively for cartographic purposes. This dataset is consistent at all scales with the following datasets: Communes and LAUS 2019 of European Commission, Eurostat/GISCO, Countries 2020, European Commission - Eurostat/GISCO, Coastlines 2020, European Commission - Eurostat/GISCO. Exclusive Economic Zones 2020, European Commission - Eurostat/GISCO. Different tests were performed to ensure conceptual-, domain- and topological- consistency. 

For more information about the data sources, the data model and attributes, data quality checks and relations with other GISCO data sets please refer to the document provided with the dataset "GISCO NUTS 2021 Additional Information.pdf".

This revision (May 2021) includes minor changes in the dataset such as (see https://gisco-services.ec.europa.eu/distribution/v2/nuts/nuts-2021-release-notes.txt):

• 2020-10-05 Point snapping is disabled in all datasets, number of decimals increased for 01M datasets.
• 2020-11-18 Inclusion of Jan Mayen and Svalbard in to Norways Statistical Regions. Amendment to Serbia NUTS BN line status. 
• 2020-12-05 Fixed broken utf-8 encoding.
• 2021-03-15 Added LAU 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2020
• 2021-04-26 Fixed country labels 2001, 2006 (incorrect Kosovo coordinates)

EuroBoundaryMap 2020 (EBM 2020), Jan. 2020

GISCO - Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics 2016 (NUTS 2016), Jul. 2018