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(Year = 2023, date = "01_01", 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
Year
Numeric or character value. Last available is 2024.
For coherence with school data, it is also in the formats: 2023, "2022/2023", 202223, 20222023. 2023 by default.
date
Character. The reference date, in format "mm_dd", either "01_01""06_30",
or "09_01" (close to the beginning of the school year). "01_01" 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.