1. Local data
Final version

2. Chapter 1
LAU

3. Local Administrative Units
LAU 1 = previous NUTS level 4 (districts)
Not defined in BE, DK, ES, FR, IT, NL, AT, SE, RO
LAU 2 = previous NUTS level 5 (communes, municipalities, wards)
Codes are set by Eurostat
First part of the code is the NUTS level 3 code
Frequent changes in some countries

4. Lists of LAU
Request for list of LAU will be sent by Eurostat to NSI:s in November/December each year
Only EU 25 countries
Use national codes
Preferable to include data on:
Surface area
Population estimate (annual, if possible)
Stored on Eurostat’s RAMON server

5. CONC/MODA Structured format to describe changes to LAU 1 and LAU 2
“Concordance” / “Modification”
Predecessor – successor relations between LAU over time
Base for the creation of LAU codes by Eurostat
Please send CONC/MODA files each year!

6. Chapter 2
SIRE database

7. The SIRE database Oracle 9i Snapshots of NUTS and LAU codes
Census data at local level 1981, 1991, 2001
Surface area (official land and total area)
Annual population estimates where available
Eligibility status for Structural Funds

8. Census data Table 29 in the 1991 Census Programme
Tables in the 2001 Population Census Programme + urban tables 41-42
Agreed in WP “Demography - Census”
More tables expected from many countries:
BE: several population tables (38b-g) missing
Table 40 (commuting flows) is missing for: BE, DK, DE, IT, LV, LT, PL, BG, RO, CH, IS, NO

9. Creation of LAU codes NPS – Nomenclature Preparation System
Originally used in External Trade statistics
Needs CONC/MODA files as input
Contains history of LAU codes
Begin dates and end dates

10. Subcontracted work Database maintenance
Validation and uploading of data to SIRE
Processing CONC/MODA files in NPS
Creation of LAU codes
Ad hoc extractions
New 3-year contract is in preparation
New contract will cover EU25+AC+EFTA

11. PHARE projects PHARE 2000 grant: Workshop in Nuremberg, Germany
Collection of data from previous census
Collection of CONC/MODA files
PHARE 2003 contract:
Informatics expert processes and uploads all data collected previously
Workshop for NSIs in Budapest 3-4 Oct 2005

12. Other countries
Cyprus and Malta: LTU project within “Transition Facility 2004”
Turkey: USST project. LAU are defined
Croatia: maybe in later PHARE project

13. Chapter 3
Use of Local data

14. Internal use of Local data
Link to GISCO, digital maps
Total population the most important variable
Rural development policy
Calculate the OECD rural/urban typology
Degree of Urbanisation (LFS)
Internal users: DG REGIO, DG COMP, DG AGRI, Eurostat

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