SchoolDataIT (version 0.2.12)

Get_AdmUnNames: Download the names and codes of Italian LAU and NUTS-3 administrative units

Description

This function downloads a file provided by the Italian National Institute of Statistics including all the codes of administrative units in Italy. As of today, it is the easiest way to map directly cadastral codes to municipality codes.

Usage

Get_AdmUnNames(Date = Sys.Date(), autoAbort = FALSE)

Value

An object of class tbl_df, tbl and data.frame, including: NUTS-3 code, NUTS-3 abbreviation, LAU code, LAU name (description) and cadastral code. All variables are characters except for the NUTS-3 code.

Arguments

Date

Character. The date at which administrative unit codes are sought for. Important: must be in the format: "yyyy-mm-dd". Current date by default.

autoAbort

Logical. Whether to automatically abort the operation and return NULL in case of missing internet connection or server response errors. FALSE by default.

Examples

 # \donttest{
  AdmUnNames25 <- Get_AdmUnNames("2025-01-01", autoAbort = TRUE)
  # Codes for a randomly chosen province, say, Brindisi (Apulia)
  AdmUnNames25[which(AdmUnNames25$Province_code==74),]
 # }