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Land cover and uses
Table 7.9
National areas (in ha) classified under LFA Article 16, 18, 19. 20 in both mountain
and non-mountain areas, as defined for this study
All LFA articles
(16, 18, 19,
20) Mountains No mountains LFA
Country P T No LFA P T No LFA Sub-total
mountains
Subtotal
no
mountains
Country
area
P+T % of
mountain
area under
LFA
% of LFA
outside
mountains
Austria 2 442 58 599 914 2 522 7 508 11 936 61 955 21 966 71 071 83 921 99 % 14 %
Belgium 116 1 224 – 11 730 6 408 11 184 1 340 29 322 19 478 30 662 100 % 93 %
Cyprus 3 246 1 014 1 093 3 897 4 260 4 990 4 339 9 250 76 % 25 %
Czech Republic 4 647 18 370 2 650 6 424 20 140 26 628 25 667 53 192 49 581 78 859 90 % 54 %
Denmark 3 888 373 39 099 – 43 360 4 261 43 360 100 %
Estonia 29 830 12 091 3 409 – 45 330 41 921 45 330 100 %
Finland 5 028 3 2 590 319 671 10 490 5 031 332 751 327 289 337 782 100 % 98 %
France 217 128 879 8 434 789 159 795 251 062 137 530 411 646 289 680 549 176 94 % 55 %
Germany 14 388 39 485 3 888 64 581 130 301 105 024 57 761 299 906 248 755 357 667 93 % 78 %
Greece 47 165 44 487 3 229 23 288 6 348 7 497 94 881 37 133 121 288 132 014 97 % 24 %
Hungary 2 486 4 2 264 28 999 20 59 245 4 754 88 264 31 509 93 018 52 % 92 %
Ireland 1 296 8 645 155 11 540 36 622 11 921 10 096 60 083 58 103 70 179 98 % 83 %
Italy 23 539 144 640 13 024 19 799 19 470 81 016 181 203 120 285 207 448 301 488 93 % 19 %
Latvia 44 762 14 311 5 529 – 64 602 59 073 64 602 100 %
Lithuania 32 609 26 995 5 287 – 64 891 59 604 64 891 100 %
Luxembourg 42 170 – 225 2 105 54 212 2 384 2 542 2 596 100 % 92 %
Malta 35 – 275 6 35 281 310 316 100 % 89 %
Netherlands 19 501 1 17 854 – 37 356 19 502 37 356 100 %
Poland 6 373 8 310 1 624 94 972 111 814 88 797 16 307 295 583 221 469 311 890 90 % 93 %
Portugal 33 599 1 381 38 41 703 15 468 34 980 57 209 75 340 92 189 96 % 55 %
Slovakia 960 28 048 449 2 734 9 352 7 486 29 457 19 572 41 094 49 029 98 % 29 %
Slovenia 6 214 9 106 57 3 529 643 721 15 377 4 893 19 492 20 270 100 % 21 %
Spain 3 407 237 193 34 014 724 155 381 75 244 274 614 231 349 396 705 505 963 88 % 39 %
Sweden 291 91 974 10 74 143 263 361 19 664 92 275 357 168 429 769 449 443 100 % 79 %
United Kingdom 14 902 44 996 1 054 44 819 34 355 105 385 60 952 184 559 139 072 245 511 98 % 57 %
Europe 128 485 906 038 74 164 524 036 1 380 136 963 903 1 108 687 2 868 075 2 938 695 3 976 762 93 % 65 %
Europe * 113 075 640 189 64 666 404 285 922 625 587 792 817 930 1 914 702 2 080 174 2 732 632 92 % 64 %
Note:
P: partial community is eligible for LFA funding; T: total community is eligible for LFA funding; No LFA: communities are not
eligible for LFA funding. * = excl. the United Kingdom, Sweden and Finland.
Source: LFA: EUROSTAT GISCO download service. However the data represents the LFA 2001–2006, excluding Romania and Bulgaria.
Download: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/gisco/geodata/reference file: LFA_03M_2001_SH.zip
[accessed July 2010].
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