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Historical GIS for European Integration Studies

HGISE is developed by a work team of the Department of Geography and Sociology of the University of Lleida located in the city of Lleida, at 160km from Barcelona.

We focus our research in all those subjects that contribute to the understanding of the development and integration of Europe from a socio-economic perspective.

The GIS approach takes into account the geospatial condition of data, which is crucial for the understanding of Europe's evolution throughout last centuries. A Geographical Information System is not only a solution that enables to create and visualize all sort of data on interactive maps, but also a technology that enables to go further when analysing this data, so that the results and conclusions achieved cannot be accomplished with other tools.

Extent of Europe considered by HGISE

Contents

Most of the information you can access on this website is contained in one of these sections (under "Contents"), where you will find maps, videos, diagrams, facts and figures or other outcomes of our research, as well as other information related to the collection of data (sources, for example) and to the elaboration of those geodatabases required to carry out such analysis.