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Administrative units - INSPIRE

Administrative Units - INSPIRE corresponds to the dataset of the Belgian administrative units that complies with the INSPIRE specifications. This dataset is composed of two classes. The first class contains administrative units and the second class contains administrative boundaries. The class are composed of the following administrative level: Kingdom, Regions, Provinces, and arrondissements, and municipalities. The entire dataset can be downloaded via the ad hoc WFS.

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Date (Creation)
2015-01-01
Date (Publication)
2017-01-01
Date (Revision)
2022-06-15
Identifier
GAPD / AdministrativeUnits
Status
On going
Point of contact
  FPS Finance - General Administration of Patrimonial Documentation (GAPD) - Florian Van Aubel
Koning Albert II laan, 33 bus 471 , Schaarbeek , 1030 , Belgium
https://finance.belgium.be/en/experts-partners/open-data-patrimony
Maintenance and update frequency
Annually
Data.gov.be themes
  • Regions and cities
INSPIRE feature concept dictionary
  • Administrative Unit
Keywords
  • Finances ATOM
Belgian Federal Thesaurus
  • Reporting INSPIRE
  • Administrative, statistical and cadastral units
Spatial scope
  • National
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Administrative units
Keywords
  • HVD_cat_administrative units
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
The licence is fully available in French (https://finances.belgium.be/sites/default/files/Licence_plan_opendata_FR.PDF) or in Dutch (https://financien.belgium.be/sites/default/files/Licentie_plan_opendata_NL.PDF).
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
No limitations on public access
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
10000
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Boundaries
Description
The data from this serie which cover the whole belgian territory.
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Unique resource identifier
EPSG:4258
Distribution format
  • GML ( 3.2.1 )

OnLine resource
INSPIRE WMS ( WMS )

View service as regards the administrative units

OnLine resource
https://opendata.fin.belgium.be/download/ATOM/0e0b1866-7437-4b5a-9828-c5db2f47ad49-en.xml ( ATOM )
OnLine resource
Download service as regards the administrative units ( WFS )

Download service as regards the administrative units

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2014-04-17
Explanation
This data set is conformant with the INSPIRE Data Specification on Administrative Units – Technical Guidelines
Pass
Yes

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
The dataset described fills the technical requirements sustaining the interoperability of data sets and services, as stipulated in the Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010
Pass
Yes
Statement
The Administrative Units dataset is derived from the Administrative Units dataset - situation on January 1st. This is taken from the reference database for the land register data, CadGIS, whose situation is fixed on 1 January of the reference year. The geometric representation of administrative limits published in CadGIS is made up of a set of sections whose layout (X and Y coordinates) corresponds to the situation of an administrative limits at a given moment. Sometimes the coordinates are legally recorded, but often they are coming from an analysis and interpretation of legal documents, and/or field data or any other relevant information such as regional reference frames, aerial photographs or original plans. Therefore, this layout does not possess the same quality everywhere. Especially in places that have not been subject to recent measurements, (carto)graphic coordinates can be proposed and can therefore change over time if new information of better quality is provided in compliance with the update rules currently being developed. In the CadGIS database, the administrative limits are the delimitations of Belgian administrative entities at different hierarchical levels, i.e. municipalities, administrative arrondissements, provinces, regions and finally the country. Polygons (corresponding to the territories of the different hierarchical levels from the municipality to the country) are generated on the basis of the layout of these limits.
File identifier
0e0b1866-7437-4b5a-9828-c5db2f47ad49 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Hierarchy level name
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-01-30T14:37:54
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  FPS Finance - General Administration of Patrimonial Documentation (GAPD) - Florian Van Aubel
Koning Albert II laan, 33 bus 471 , Schaarbeek , 1030 , Belgium
https://finance.belgium.be/en/experts-partners/open-data-patrimony
 
 

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Spatial extent

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Keywords

Belgian Federal Thesaurus
Administrative, statistical and cadastral units Reporting INSPIRE
Data.gov.be themes
Regions and cities
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Administrative units
INSPIRE feature concept dictionary
Administrative Unit
Spatial scope
National

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