[R] Map of Europe at NUTS 2 Level

[Miluji Sb]

Dear all.

I would like to draw a map of France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal at NUTS 2
level. I used the following code:

library(“rgdal”)
library(“RColorBrewer”)
library(“classInt”)
#library(“SmarterPoland”)
library(fields)

# Download Administrative Level data from EuroStat
temp <- tempfile(fileext = ".zip")
download.file("
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/GISCO/geodatafiles/NUTS_2010_60M_SH.zip
",
              temp)
unzip(temp)

# Read data
EU_NUTS <- readOGR(dsn = "./NUTS_2010_60M_SH/data", layer =
"NUTS_RG_60M_2010")

# Subset NUTS 2 level data
map_nuts2 <- subset(EU_NUTS, STAT_LEVL_ == 2)

# Draw basic plot
plot(map_nuts2)

This does produce a plot but its rather 'ugle'. Is there any way I can
subset the data further and draw a map for France, Italy, Spain, and
Portugal only? Thank you very much!

Sincerely,

Milu

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