Package 'europop'

Title: Historical Populations of European Cities, 1500-1800
Description: This dataset contains population estimates of all European cities with at least 10,000 inhabitants during the period 1500-1800. These data are adapted from Jan De Vries, "European Urbanization, 1500-1800" (1984).
Authors: Matthew Lincoln [aut, cre], Jan De Vries [aut]
Maintainer: Matthew Lincoln <[email protected]>
License: CC0
Version: 0.3.1
Built: 2024-11-01 11:25:16 UTC
Source: https://github.com/mdlincoln/europop

Help Index

Coodinates of European Cities

Description

Coodinates of European Cities

Usage

city_coords

Format

A data frame with 379 rows and 3 columns

lat

Double. Latitude.

lon

Double. Longitude.

city

Character. City name.

Note

This table can be joined to the europop table by the city column.

Historical Population Data for Urban Europe

Description

All cities that had a population of at least 10,000 at some point between 1500-1800 are included.

Usage

europop

Format

A data frame with 2653 rows and 4 columns:

city

Character. City name (in native language.)

region

Character. Region that city belongs to. One of the following:

  • Scandinavia

  • England and Wales

  • Scotland

  • Ireland

  • The Netherlands

  • Belgium

  • Germany

  • France

  • Switzerland

  • Northern Italy

  • Central Italy

  • Southern Italy

  • Spain

  • Portugal

  • Austria and Czechoslovakia

  • Poland

year

Integer.

population

Integer. Population in the thousands. 0 represents a population under 1,000 (such cities are presented, in De Vries' words, "for information only"). NA is used when the population value is unknown.

Note

This table can be joined to the city_coords table by the city column.

Source

Jan De Vries, European Urbanization, 1500-1800 (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1984), Appendix 2. (De Vries' sources for these numbers are cataloged in Appendix 2.)