Geodata

General information on geo-datafiles 

All datasets are provided with their metadata in XML format. GIS software is needed to process the downloaded geodata. Geographical datasets are provided in a variety of formats.

Disclaimer

The European Commission maintains this dataset to improve public access to information about its initiatives and EU policies in general. However, the Commission accepts no responsibility or liability for the information contained in this geographical dataset.

This information is:

• of a general nature only and is not intended to address the specific circumstances of any particular individual or entity
• not necessarily comprehensive, complete, accurate or up-to-date
• sometimes based on external datasets for which the Commission has no control over and assumes no responsibility.

We cannot guarantee that the geographical datasets provided reproduce exactly the geographical features described in officially adopted texts. Only EU legislation published in paper editions of the Official Journal of the European Union is deemed authentic.

Our goal is to minimise disruption caused by technical errors. However, some data or information in our datasets may have been created or structured in files or formats that contain errors. We cannot guarantee that our data has not been affected by such problems.

This disclaimer is not intended to limit the Commission's liability regarding contravention of any requirements laid down in applicable national law, nor to exclude its liability for matters which may not be excluded under that law.

General copyright

Eurostat's general copyright notice and licence policy applies. See also the European Commission's general conditions. Moreover, there are specific rules that apply to some of the following datasets available for downloading. The download and use of these data are subject to these rules being accepted. See our administrative units and statistical units for more details.