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🖱️ File Downloads via Website

The EUBUCCO Data Portal is the most user-friendly way to browse and download data.

  • Formats: Available as .parquet, .gpkg, and .shp files
  • Partitioning: The dataset is split into multiple files, each containing all buildings within a single NUTS2 region.
  • Batch download: Larger regions (e.g. federal states or entire countries) can be downloaded as ZIP archives containing all regional NUTS2 files.
  • Metadata: Additional files include information on source datasets, type matching, regional statistics, and more.

Reading downloaded Parquet files

import geopandas as gpd

path = "/path/to/downloaded/file.parquet"
gdf = gpd.read_parquet(path)

import geopandas as gpd

path = "/path/to/downloaded/unzipped/directory"
gdf = gpd.read_parquet(path)

import duckdb

con = duckdb.connect()
con.execute("INSTALL spatial; LOAD spatial;")

# Read data with WKB-encoded geometries
query = """
SELECT
    * EXCLUDE geometry,
    ST_AsWKB(geometry) AS geometry
FROM read_parquet('/path/to/your/folder/*.parquet')
"""
df = con.execute(query).arrow().to_pandas()

# Optionally convert to GeoDataFrame
gdf = gpd.GeoDataFrame(
    df,
    geometry=gpd.GeoSeries.from_wkb(df["geometry"]),
    crs="EPSG:3035",
)