Introduction

European-scale regions and cities statistics are used for a wide range of purposes, e.g. for allocating structural funds and for post-assessment of the EU's Cohesion policy.

For many years, EUROSTAT has been collecting a wide variety of regional statistics.
Urban Statistics have become the second pillar of its sub-national data collection.

This dedicated section provides a single access point to Eurostat's activities in regions and cities statistics.

Eurostat regional yearbook 2009

Statistical information is essential for understanding our complex and rapidly changing world. Eurostat regional yearbook 2009 offers a wealth of information on life in the European regions in the 27 Member States of the European Union and in the candidate countries and EFTA countries. If you would like to dig deeper into the way the regions of Europe are evolving in a number of statistical domains, this publication is for you! The texts are written by specialists in the different statistical domains and are accompanied by statistical maps, figures and tables on each subject. A broad set of regional data are presented on the following themes: population, European cities, labour market, gross domestic product, household accounts, structural business statistics, information society, science, technology and innovation, education, tourism and agriculture. The publication is available in German, English and French.

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Previous editions of the regional yearbook