# Administrative boundaries of EEA39 (NUTS 2016, aligned with Corine Land Cover 2012), Apr. 2018

The dataset represents the administrative boundaries of the 39 EEA countries at various aggregation level following NUTS 2016 classification: Country (NUTS0), NUTS1, NUTS2, and NUTS3 regions. 

The dataset is created in raster format with a spatial resolution of 100m grid size. Spatial extent of the dataset is adjusted to the latest Corine Land Cover product [Corine Land Cover 2012 (raster 100m) - version 18, Sep. 2016]. This dataset is created as a reference layer for performing spatial analysis and calculating statistics at country level for the European territory as needed by accounting activities such as Land and Ecosystem Accounting (LEAC).

Administrative boundaries were derived from the EUROSTAT GISCO dataset [European Commission, Eurostat (ESTAT), GISCO -Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics 2016 (NUTS), Mar. 2018], EuroGeographics product [EuroBoundaryMap (full European coverage) - version 12, Jan. 2018], and coastal areas were derived from the Economic Exclusive Zone dataset [version 10.0 available in marineregions.org].https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/8526ff78-b000-42e1-8360-a2fb3a51e4ac


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