NUTS of Switzerland
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As a member of the EFTA
, Switzerland
(CH) is included in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
(NUTS). The three NUTS levels are:
The NUTS codes are as follows:
Below the NUTS levels, there are two LAU
levels (LAU-1: districts
; LAU-2: municipalities
).
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The European Free Trade Association or EFTA is a free trade organisation between four European countries that operates parallel to, and is linked to, the European Union . EFTA was established on 3 May 1960 as a trade bloc-alternative for European states who were either unable to, or chose not to,...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
(CH) is included in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of countries for statistical purposes...
(NUTS). The three NUTS levels are:
- NUTS-1: SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
- NUTS-2: 7 Regions
- NUTS-3: 26 CantonsCantons of SwitzerlandThe 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
The NUTS codes are as follows:
- CH0 Switzerland
- CH01 Lake Geneva regionLake Geneva regionLake Geneva region is the common name of the region of Switzerland encompassing the cantons of Geneva, Vaud and Valais. It is one of the NUTS-2 regions of Switzerland....
- CH011
Vaud - CH012
Valais - CH013
Canton of Geneva
- CH011
- CH02 Espace MittellandEspace MittellandEspace Mittelland is the common name of the region of Switzerland encompassing the cantons of Bern, Fribourg, Jura, Neuchâtel and Solothurn. It is one of the NUTS-2 regions of Switzerland....
- CH021
- CH022
Canton of Fribourg - CH023
Canton of Solothurn - CH024
Canton of Neuchâtel - CH025
Canton of Jura
- CH03 Northwestern SwitzerlandNorthwestern SwitzerlandNorthwestern Switzerland is the common name of the region of Switzerland encompassing the cantons of Basel-City, Basel-Country and Aargau. It is one of the NUTS-2 regions of Switzerland....
- CH031
Basel-City - CH032
Basel-Country - CH033
Aargau
- CH031
- CH04 ZurichCanton of ZürichThe Canton of Zurich has a population of . The canton is located in the northeast of Switzerland and the city of Zurich is its capital. The official language is German, but people speak the local Swiss German dialect called Züritüütsch...
- CH040
Zürich
- CH040
- CH05 Eastern SwitzerlandEastern SwitzerlandEastern Switzerland is the common name of the region situated to the north of Glarus Alps, with the cantons of Schaffhausen, Thurgau, St. Gallen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden and Glarus...
- CH051
Canton of Glarus - CH052
Canton of Schaffhausen - CH053
Appenzell Ausserrhoden - CH054
Appenzell Innerrhoden - CH055
Canton of St. Gallen - CH056
- CH057
Thurgau
- CH051
- CH06 Central SwitzerlandCentral SwitzerlandCentral Switzerland is the region of the Alpine foothills geographically the heart and historically the origin of Switzerland, with the cantons of Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Lucerne and Zug....
- CH061
Canton of Lucerne - CH062
Canton of Uri - CH063
Canton of Schwyz - CH064
Obwalden - CH065
Nidwalden - CH066
Canton of Zug
- CH061
- CH07 TicinoTicinoCanton Ticino or Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. Named after the Ticino river, it is the only canton in which Italian is the sole official language...
- CH070
Ticino
- CH070
- CH01 Lake Geneva region
Below the NUTS levels, there are two LAU
Local administrative unit
Generally, a local administrative unit is a low level administrative division of a country, ranked below a province, region, or state. Not all countries describe their locally governed areas this way, but it can be descriptively applied anywhere to refer to counties, municipalities, etc.In the...
levels (LAU-1: districts
Districts of Switzerland
In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted Switzerland each canton iscompletely free to decide its own internal organisation. Therefore there exists a variety of structures and terminology for the subnational entities between canton and municipality, loosely termed...
; LAU-2: municipalities
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
).
See also
- Subdivisions of SwitzerlandSubdivisions of SwitzerlandThe Swiss Confederation consists of the 26 cantons of Switzerland.Each canton has its individual structure for further subdivisions.-Regions:For statistical purposes, Switzerland is subdivided in seven region at the NUTS-2 level:-Cantons:...
- ISO 3166-2 codes of SwitzerlandISO 3166-2:CHISO 3166-2:CH is the entry for Switzerland in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Switzerland, ISO 3166-2 codes...
- FIPS region codes of Switzerland
- Comparison of ISO, FIPS, and NUTS codes of the cantons of Switzerland
External links
- Hierarchical list of the Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics - NUTS and the Statistical regions of Europe
- Overview map of EFTA countries - Statistical regions at level 1
- Correspondence between the regional levels and the national administrative units
- Cantons of Switzerland, Statoids.com
