Road noise in Europe: The case for transparent and standardised data presentation

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Table A.1.

Number of agglomerations, inhabitants, and people exposed to L_den > 55 dB in EU Member States for Rounds 1–4 of the END for Road Noise.

Country	No. of Agglomerations				No. of Inhabitants per Agglomeration				No. of people exposed to L_den > 55 dB				Percentage exposed
R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R4
Austria	1	5	5	5	1 610 578	2 479 111	2 639 822	2 827 800	1 226 300	1 139 100	2 122 400	1 625 100	76%⁴	46%	80%	57%
Belgium	3	6	6	7	1 655 694	2 235 994	2 283 069	2 636 797	995 200	1 037 700	1 171 500	1 004 600	60%⁴	46%⁴	51%⁴	38%
Bulgaria	3	7	7	7	2 084 000	2 729 279	2 684 996	2 586 342	1 827 300	2 278 000	2 042 600	–	88%	83%	76%	–
Croatia	–	4	4	3	–	1 204 791	1 209 118	1 035 672	–	449 400	319 600	574 700	–	37%	26%	55%
Cyprus	–²	2	2	4	–²	430 468	430 468	605 536	–	420 900	–²	455 300	–	98%	–²	75%
Czech Republic	3	7	7	7	1 852 955	2 780 456	2 780 456	2 951 313	1 533 100	1 998 100	1 767 700	1 692 500	83%	72%	64%	57%
Denmark	1	4	4	4	1 071 714	1 684 000	1 753 248	1 840 579	629 100	953 200	1 063 400	833 200	59%	57%	61%⁴	45%
Estonia	1	2	2	2	401 140	509 740	532 958	540 359	75 100	312 100	298 500	101 100	19%	61%⁴	56%	19%
Finland	1	8	10	10	560 905	1 627 352	2 130 948	2 206 398	237 500	646 900	482 500	663 800	42%	40%	23%	30%
France	37	75	45	49	23 956 700	30 347 400	30 347 400	25 760 258	15 103 200	9 907 400	6 853 100	11 961 600	63%⁴	33%⁴	23%⁴	46%⁴
Germany	27	71	70	72	17 204 702	24 438 009	24 417 286	25 516 925	4 261 100	5 931 200	5 717 100	9 490 700	25%⁴	24%⁴	23%⁴	37%
Greece	2	8	9	9	1 109 501	1 897 629	1 109 489	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Hungary	1	9	8	8	2 065 230	3 325 311	3 189 345	3 204 606	1 268 000	1 560 200	1 607 100	–	61%	47%	50%	–
Ireland	1	2	2	3	1 150 000	1 459 700	1 499 800	1 961 534	1 092 500	809 200	686 400	690 500	95%	55%	46%	35%
Italy	11	33	40	35	9 427 815	12 914 147	15 115 518	14 384 919	4 913 100	8 244 100	8 529 400	5 850 500	52%	64%⁴	56%⁴	41%⁴
Latvia	1	1	1	1	806 993	659 418	641 007	614 618	687 900	526 100	526 100	285 500	85%	80%	82%	46%
Lithuania	2	5	4	3	932 847	1 254 677	1 126 250	987 190	417 900	847 100	748 600	343 000	45%	68%	66%	35%
Luxembourg	–²	1	1	2	–²	133 962	153 410	381 116	–²	100 100	144 700	305 300	–²	75%	94%	80%
Malta	–²	1	1	1	–²	270 004	277 600	339 361	–²	48 700	67 200	45 900	–²	18%	24%	14%
Netherlands	6	21	21	21	5 026 059	8 067 259	8 259 054	9 593 539	1 890 800	3 099 600	3 296 500	3 466 300	38%⁴	38%	40%	36%⁴
Poland	12	38	36	36	6 860 653	10 781 976	10 009 194	10 008 647	3 855 000	5 851 900	4 406 500	3 127 900	56%	54%	44%	31%
Portugal	2	6	6	6	827 788	1 452 607	1 452 607	1 447 427	243 500	437 300	532 000	239 000	29%⁴	30%⁴	37%	17%⁴
Romania	9	19	20	25	4 338 364	5 105 678	6 369 736	5 464 303	2 879 000	2 511 100	2 891 100	2 345 600	66%	49%⁴	45%⁴	40%⁴
Slovakia	1	2	2	2	528 129	726 483	719 926	698 462	527 800	361 800	294 600	–	100%	50%	41%⁴	–
Slovenia	1	2	2	2	266 251	376 057	380 900	380 900	168 700	206 800	202 800	–	63%	55%	53%	–
Spain	18	60	61	63	11 981 260	18 971 342	19 088 329	19 363 946	8 043 400	9 810 700	4 521 200	4 358 700	67%⁴	52%⁴	24%⁴	23%⁴
Sweden	3	13	15	18	1 548 886	2 854 948	3 367 282	3 930 165	695 800	1 022 300	1 245 600	1 635 300	45%	36%	37%⁴	42%

Notes. ⁽¹⁾Croatia became a member of the EU on 1 July 2013. ⁽²⁾No agglomeration > 250 000 inhabitants. ⁽³⁾Where a cell is blank, no data was presented. ⁽⁴⁾Less than 100% of data presented, based on EEA datahub [12].

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