Belgian country dataset for EuroBoundaryMap 2021

EuroBoundaryMap country dataset provides a geographic database for administrative and statistical regions that will be maintained at the source level by the National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies (NMCAs), and by providing harmonized access conditions for this geographic information within the framework of EuroGeographics.

Citation proposal
(2021) . Belgian country dataset for EuroBoundaryMap 2021. https://gdk.gdi-de.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/c2b2c086-1ece-416d-ac15-3c2801b4ab54

Simple

Date ( Publication ): 2021-01-20

Date ( Revision ): 2019-12-31

Identifier: BE_EBM_2021

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Administrative units
Statistical units
Geographical names
Population distribution — demography

Use limitation: Restrictions on the access and use of a resource or metadata: https://eurogeographics.org/products-and-services/licensing/

Access constraints: intellectualPropertyRights Intellectual property rights

Spatial representation type: Vector

Denominator: 100000

Metadata language: fre French

Metadata language: dut Dutch; Flemish

Metadata language: ger German

Character set: MD_CharacterSetCode_utf8 MD_CharacterSetCode_utf8

Topic category

Boundaries
Location
Society

Description: Belgium

Reference system identifier: EPSG / http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258

Distribution format

ESRI-Shapefile (1.0 )
ESRI-FileGeodatabase (ArcGIS 10.1 )

Hierarchy level: tile Tile

Dataset: Belgian contribution to the EBM dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication ): 2021-01-20

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: true

Statement: See lineage document for Belgium

Description

The population figures are updated every year based on the data of the statistics department of Belgium (Statbel).

The administrative boundaries are updated every 3 years based on the ITGI-Vref dataset; this is the national reference data at scale 1:10.000 produced by the IGN.