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- Resource ID
- 5d8dbef2-448f-11ed-9128-0050568ea38e
- Title
- Alpine towns
- Date
- Oct. 5, 2022, 9:23 a.m., Publication
- Abstract
- This map is an output from the 9th Report on the state of the Alps and shows the Alpine settlement system based on population size and an accessibility definition of Alpine towns. The population data refer to the LAU database of ESPON Alps 2050 (2015). Alpine towns are defined as settlements with a population of more than 5,000 with-in the Alpine Convention Perimeter. In addition, calculations of accessibility by car were performed using an API of the Open Route Service (based on OSM data, openrouteservice.org at HeiGIT), defining travel times of 5, 10 and 15 minutes around the individual settlements. Settlements with a population between 3,000 and 5,000 are considered Alpine towns if i) the settlement is more than 15 minutes’ drive from a settlement of more than 5,000 inhabitants or, ii) the settlement is less than 15 minutes’ drive from another settlement of fewer than 5,000 inhabitants but it has more inhabitants than the settlement nearby or has access to the railway. According to this analysis, the Alpine settlement system consists of 780 Alpine towns, with 161 of them having fewer than 5,000 inhabitants. Maribor and Lecco are not part of the Alpine Convention Perimeter but are included as Alpine towns. This is due to their proximity to mountainous areas and their role in various Alpine town networks (in particular, Alpine Town of the Year).
Find out more on the topic of Alpine towns at alpinetowns.alpconv.org
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- Responsible
- rsa9_guest
- Point of Contact
- Piva
- aureliano.piva@alpconv.org
- Purpose
- This map is published within the 9th Report on the state of the Alps (RSA9).
- Maintenance Frequency
- notPlanned
- Type
- vector
- Restrictions
- Some limitations apply to the access or use of the data
- Please contact the authors for further uses of the layer: dominik.db.bertram@fau.de , tobias.chilla@fau.de , markus.lambracht@fau.de
- License
- AC_Limited usage license
- Language
- eng
- Temporal Extent
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- Supplemental Information
- Authors: D. Bertram, T. Chilla and M. Lambracht, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Sources: Eurostat & National Statistical Offices, 2018; openrouteservice.org, OpenStreetMap contributers, 2022.
- Data Quality
- --
- Extent
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- x0: 3928201.250000000000000
- x1: 4800440.000000000000000
- y0: 2272756.500000000000000
- y1: 2820462.500000000000000
- Spatial Reference System Identifier
- EPSG:3035
- Keywords
- no keywords
- Category
- Population
- Regions
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Europe
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Alps