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- 58dd8316-d730-11ea-8e10-0050568ea38e
- Title
- Population density (2013)
- Date
- Jan. 1, 2015, 3:28 p.m., Publication
- Abstract
- Number of residents per area unit (square kilometres).
As of 2013, the Alps were inhabited by 14,232,088 people on a 190,717 km2 territory, with an average population density of 74.6 inhabitants per km2. This makes the Alps one of the less populated areas in central Europe (although countries such as Greece and Ireland have similar population densities) but also one of the most densely inhabited mountain areas in the world (Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention, 2007).
The countries that contribute the most in percentage terms to the overall Alpine population are Italy (30.7%) and Austria (23.3%). France accounts for 18.9% of the Alpine population, followed by Switzerland (13.6%), Germany (10.4%) and Slovenia (2.7%). Monaco and Liechtenstein, being also in terms of surface by far the smallest Alpine countries contribute with percentages below 1%.
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- Responsible
- AlpineConvention
- Point of Contact
- alpine.convention.atlas@gmail.com
- Purpose
- This map is published within the 5th Report on the state of the Alps (RSA5).
- Maintenance Frequency
- notPlanned
- Type
- vector
- Restrictions
- Some limitations apply to the access or use of the data
- License
- AC_Limited usage license
- Language
- eng
- Temporal Extent
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- Supplemental Information
- Author: Elisa Ravazzoli, Institute for regional development and location management, EURAC.
Sources:
- Statistical Data: National Statistical Offices; Terrain: USGS (2006); Administrative boundaries: ©EuroGeographics, 2009;
National border: ESRI;
Year data: Data from Austria, Italy, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Slovenia refer to 2012 or 2013; Data from France refer to 2010 Census Data.
The layer can be accessed through WMS services at http://www.atlas.alpconv.org/geoserver/ows?service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities
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- Extent
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- x0: 3605539.000000000000000
- x1: 4471361.500000000000000
- y0: 1886482.750000000000000
- y1: 2428238.500000000000000
- Spatial Reference System Identifier
- EPSG:3034
- Keywords
- no keywords
- Category
- Population
- Regions
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Alps