Greece Populated Places and Settlements from OpenStreetMap

Greece's settlements and residential areas exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes named cities, towns, villages, suburbs, and residential land areas tagged with `place=*` and `landuse=residential`. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Map settlement distribution based on OSM `place` tags.
• Analyze residential land use patterns based on `landuse=residential` tags.
• Provide geographic context for demographic or economic studies in Greece.
• Create basemaps for humanitarian or development targeting.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Covers multiple settlement types including cities, towns, villages, and suburbs.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, and GEOJSON.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-collaborative mapping.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 19:44:01.627284.

Geography

Greece