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Bevolkingsspreiding (Population Distribution)

Name: Dutch Portolan Demo
Creator: Chris Holmes

INSPIRE-harmonized population distribution dataset from CBS (Statistics Netherlands). Contains the number of inhabitants at three geographic levels: 1km squared grid cells (2012), NUTS2 provinces (2018), and LAU municipalities (2018). Uses the European ETRS89-LAEA coordinate system (EPSG:3035) for cross-border comparability. This is the Dutch contribution to the European INSPIRE Population Distribution theme.

AI/Agent users: See llms.txt for field descriptions, query examples, and usage tips.

Spatial Coverage

Bounding Box: [3.37, 50.73, 7.24, 53.55]

Feature Types

Feature Type	Description	Year
`pd:pd-nl-grid-2012`	Population per 1km squared grid cell	2012
`pd:pd-nl-nuts2-2018`	Population per NUTS2 province	2018
`pd:pd-nl-lau-2018`	Population per LAU municipality	2018

Schema (Grid Features)

Column	Type	Description
gid	string	Grid cell ID (encodes EPSG:3035 position)
gmsurface	string	Grid cell surface identifier
measure	string	Statistical measure type
stat	string	Statistic type (T = total)
freq	string	Frequency (A = annual)
obsvalue	float64	Population count
obsstatus	string	Observation status (A = actual)
periodofreference	string	Reference year
geometry	Polygon	Grid cell boundary in EPSG:3035

Access

No cloud-native files (GeoParquet/PMTiles) yet. Access via PDOK services:

WFS (INSPIRE): https://service.pdok.nl/cbs/pd/wfs/v1_0
WFS (harmonized): https://service.pdok.nl/cbs/population-distribution/wfs/v1_0
WMS: https://service.pdok.nl/cbs/pd/wms/v1_0
ATOM: https://service.pdok.nl/cbs/pd/atom/v1_0/index.xml

Quick Start

STAC Metadata

root: ../../catalog.json
parent: ../catalog.json

Source

PDOK CBS Bevolkingsspreiding

Attribution

Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS)

License

CC0-1.0

Contact

Chris Holmes cholmes@9eo.org

Generated by Portolan from STAC metadata