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Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics

The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, (NUTS, for the French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
nomenclature d'unités territoriales statistiques), is a geocode

Geocode

GEOCODE is a standardized all-natural number representation format specification for geospatial coordinate measurements that provide details of the exact location of geospatial point at, below, or above the surface of the earth at a specified moment of time....
standard

Standardization

Standardization is the process of developing and agreeing upon Standard . A standard is a document that establishes uniform engineering or technical specifications, criteria, methods, processes, or practices....
for referencing the administrative divisions of countries

Country

Country may refer to the territory of a state, or to a smaller, or former, political division of a geographical region. In another meaning of the word, the country is also a term used to refer to rural areas....
for statistical purposes. The standard was developed by the European Union

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community....
, and thus only covers the member states of the EU in detail (see also: Regions of the European Union

Region (Europe)

The European Union created the Committee of the Regions to represent Regions of Europe as the layer of EU government administration directly below the nation-state level....
). Eurostat

Eurostat

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The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, (NUTS, for the French

French language

Geocode

Standardization

Country

European Union

Region (Europe)

The European Union created the Committee of the Regions to represent Regions of Europe as the layer of EU government administration directly below the nation-state level....
). Eurostat

Eurostat

Eurostat is the statistical arm of the European Commission, producing data for the European Union and promoting harmonisation of statistical methods across the Member States of the European Union, with a seat in Luxembourg....
also devised a hierarchy for the 10 countries that joined the EU in 2004, but these are subject to minor changes. The NUTS divisions do not necessarily correspond to administrative divisions within the country. The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, comprising three levels, are instrumental in European Union's Structural Fund delivery mechanisms.

A NUTS code begins with a two-letter code referencing the country, which is identical to the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standardization published by the International Organization for Standardization , to represent country, dependent territory, and special areas of geographical interest....
code (except UK instead of GB for the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
). The subdivision of the country is then referred to with one number. A second or third subdivision level is referred to with another number each. Each numbering starts with 1, as 0 is used for the upper level. In case the subdivision has more than 9 entities, capital letters are used to continue the numbering.

In addition to the full three levels for the European Union countries, all countries have a NUTS code with a two-letter code for a continent and two numbers for the country, and for the USA, Canada and Australia the states, provinces, and territories are numbered separately.

There are some anomalies: for example, Gibraltar

Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar. The territory shares a border with Spain to the north....
is listed as being outside the EU with the code EO21; while French Guiana

French Guiana

French Guiana is an overseas department of France, located on the northern coast of South America. Like the other Overseas departments, French Guiana is also an overseas region of France, one of the 26 regions of France, and is an integral part of the French Republic....
is listed twice, once in France

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
as FR930 and once in South America

South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
as AS13.

NUTS is thus in some extent similar to the ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standardization published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of the principal country subdivisions of all country coded in ISO 3166-1....
standard, as well as the FIPS

Federal Information Processing Standard

Federal Information Processing Standards are publicly announced Standardizations developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military government agencies and by government contractors....
standard of the United States.

Levels

There are three levels of NUTS defined, with two levels of local administrative unit

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....
s (LAUs) below. These were called NUTS levels 4 and 5 until July 2003, but were officially abolished by regulation, although they are sometimes still described as such. Note that not all countries have every level of division, depending on their size. One of the most extreme cases is Luxembourg, which has only LAUs; the three NUTS divisions each correspond to the entire country itself.

Countries		NUTS 1		NUTS 2		NUTS 3
Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....	AT NUTS:AT The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics of Austria is a statistical system, administered by Eurostat for the European Union. It divides Austria into three levels, as follows...	Groups of states Groups of States of Austria In Austria, the first level Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics are not governed or controlled by a specific national Entity. This division was only made with statistical aims....	3	States States of Austria Austria is a federation made up of nine State , known in German language as *L?nder* . Since Land is also the German word for "country", the term *Bundesl?nder* is often used instead to avoid ambiguity....	9	Groups of Bezirks	35
Belgium Belgium * A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....	BE NUTS:BE NUTS:BE are the NUTS codes for Belgium.The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics is a geocode standardization for referencing the administrative divisions of country for statistical purposes....	Regions Communities, regions and provinces of Belgium Belgium is a federal state comprising three communities, three regions, and four language areas. For each of these subdivision types, the sum of their circumscribed surfaces composes the entire country; in other words, the types overlap....	3	Provinces Communities, regions and provinces of Belgium Belgium is a federal state comprising three communities, three regions, and four language areas. For each of these subdivision types, the sum of their circumscribed surfaces composes the entire country; in other words, the types overlap.... (+ Brussels Capital Region)	11	Arrondissements Arrondissements of Belgium The federalized country Belgium geographically consists of 3 regions, of which only Flemish Region and Walloon Region are subdivided into 5 provinces of regions in Belgium each; the Brussels-Capital Region is neither a province nor is it part of one....	44
Bulgaria Bulgaria The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....	BG NUTS:BG The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics of Bulgaria is a statistical system, devised by Eurostat for the European Union....	Regions	2	Planning Regions	6	Oblasts Provinces of Bulgaria Since 1999, Bulgaria has been divided into 28 provinces which correspond approximately to the 28 okrugs that existed before 1987. From 1987 until 1999, under the Communist administration of Todor Zhivkov the okrugs were consolidated into nine larger oblasts....	28
Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is an island country situated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece, west of Lebanon, Syria, and Israel, south of Turkey and north of Egypt....	CY	-	1	-	1	-	1
Czech Republic Czech Republic The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....	CZ NUTS:CZ The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics in the Czech Republic is a Country subdivision system for the whole European Union devised by Eurostat....	-	1	Groups of Regions	8	Regions Regions of the Czech Republic Since January 1 2000 the Czech Republic consists of thirteen kraje and one capital city . The older Districts of the Czech Republic are still recognized and remain the seats of various branches of state administration, such as the judicial system....	14
Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....	DE	States States of Germany Germany is a federation consisting of sixteen states, known in German language as *L?nder* . Since Land is the literal German word for "country", the term *Bundesl?nder* is commonly used colloquially, as it is more specific, though technically incorrect within the corpus of German law.... (Länder or Bundesländer)	16	Regierungsbezirk Regierungsbezirk A *Regierungsbezirk* is a type of government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states . It is responsible for the districts , either List of German rural districts or urban districts: cities which constitute a district in their own right .... e	39	Districts (Kreise)	429
Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....	DK NUTS:DK The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics of Denmark are used for statistical purposes in a European Union context. The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics codes for Denmark divides the country on three levels:...	-	1	Regions Regions of Denmark The Regions of Denmark were created on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform which created five new administrative units to replace the country's traditional thirteen Counties of Denmark ....	5	Groups of municipalities	11
Estonia Estonia Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Finland across the Gulf of Finland, to the west by Sweden across the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by the Russia ....	EE	-	1	-	1	Groups of Counties Counties of Estonia A county is an administrative subdivision of Estonia.Estonia is divided into 15 counties. The government of each county is led by a county governor , who represents the government at the regional level....	5
Spain Spain Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....	ES NUTS:ES The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics of Spain are used for statistical purposes in a European Union context. The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics codes for Spain divides the country on three levels:...	Groups of autonomous communities Groups of Autonomous communities of Spain In Spain, the areas belonging to first level Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics are not governed or controlled by a specific national entity....	7	Autonomous communities Autonomous communities of Spain The Autonomous Community is the first-level political division of the Kingdom of Spain, established in accordance with the Spanish Constitution of 1978....	17	Provinces Provinces of Spain In addition to its Autonomous Communities, Spain is divided into fifty provinces.Formerly of greater importance, since the arrival of the Autonomous communities of Spain the provinces have had fewer powers....	57
			7	Ceuta Ceuta Ceuta is an autonomous community#autonomous cities of Spain located on the North African side of the Strait of Gibraltar, on the Mediterranean, which separates it from the Spanish mainland.... and Melilla Melilla Melilla is an autonomous cities of Spain located on the Mediterranean, on the north coast in North Africa. It was regarded as a part of M?laga prior to March 14, 1995, when the city's Statute of Autonomy was passed....	2	-	2
Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....	FI NUTS:FI The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics of Finland are used for statistical purposes in a European Union context. The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics codes for Finland divides the country on three levels:...	Mainland Finland Mainland Finland 'Mainland Finland' is a term used for instance in statistics to exclude the Autonomous entity ?land Islands under Finland sovereignty. Mainland Finland is not to be confused with Finland Proper, which is the Historical provinces of Finland adjacent to ?land....	1	Large areas	4	Regions Regions of Finland Finland is divided into 20 regions . The regions are governed by regional councils, which serve as forums of cooperation for the Municipalities of Finland of a region....	19
		Åland Åland The ?land Islands form an archipelago in the Baltic Sea. It is situated at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia and forms an Federacy, Demilitarized zone, Monoglottism Swedish language Provinces of Finland, Regions of Finland and historical provinces of Finland of Finland....	1	-	1	-	1
France France France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....	FR NUTS:FR NUTS:FR are the NUTS codes for France.The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics is a geocode standardization for referencing the administrative divisions of country for statistical purposes....	ZEAT	8	Régions Régions of France France is divided into 26 regions or r?gions , of which 21 are in continental metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, and four lie overseas....	22	Départements	96
		Overseas departments	1	Overseas departments	4	Département d'outre-mer Département d'outre-mer Overseas department is a designation under the 1946 Constitution of France of the French Fourth Republic that was given to the French colonial empire of Algeria in North Africa , Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Caribbean, French Guiana in South America and R?union in the Indian Ocean....	4
Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....	GR	Groups of development regions	4	Peripheries Peripheries of Greece The peripheries are the official regional administrative divisions of Greece. There are 13 peripheries , which are further subdivided into 54 Prefectures of Greece....	13	Prefectures Prefectures of Greece Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 3 Super-prefectures of Greece and 54 prefectures or nomes ....	51
Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....	HU NUTS:HU The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics is a Country subdivision system for statistical purposes for the whole European Union devised by Eurostat....	Groups of Regions	3	Regions Regions of Hungary There are seven statistical regions of Hungary created in 1999 by the Law 1999/XCII amending Law 1996/XXI. The regional division is expected to replace the present 20 administrative division into 19 counties and the capital city....	7	Counties Counties of Hungary Hungary is subdivided administratively into 20 regions which are the 19 county and the capital city : Budapest. These are further subdivided into 173 Subregions of Hungary , with Budapest comprising its own subregion.... + Budapest Budapest Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....	20
Ireland Republic of Ireland Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....	IE NUTS:IE The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics of Republic of Ireland is a statistical system, devised by Eurostat for the European Union....	-	1	Regions	2	Regional Authority Regions Regions of the Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland is split into eight regions for Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics statistical purposes. These are not related to the four traditional provinces of Ireland but are based on the administrative counties of Ireland....	8
Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....	IT NUTS:IT The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics of Italy is a statistical system, administered by Eurostat for the European Union....	Groups of regions	5	Regions Regions of Italy The Region#Political regions of Italy are the first-level administrative divisions of the state. There are twenty regions autonomous, five of them are constitutionally given a broader amount of autonomy granted by special statutes....	20	Provinces Provinces of Italy In Italy, a province is an administrative division of intermediate level between municipality and Regions of Italy .\|\|\|}A province is composed of many municipalities, and usually several provinces form a region....	107
Lithuania Lithuania Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....	LT	-	1	-	1	Counties Counties of Lithuania The territory of Lithuania is divided into 10 counties , all named after their capitals. The counties are divided into Municipalities of Lithuania : 9 city municipalities, 43 district municipalities and 8 municipalities....	10
Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a small landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany....	LU	-	1	-	1	-	1
Latvia Latvia Latvia The Latvians are a Baltic peoples culturally related to the Estonians and Lithuanians, with the Latvian language having many similarities with Lithuanian language, but not with the Estonian language....	LV	-	1	-	1	Regions List of regions of Latvia Latvia today consists of the following administrative regions:...	6
Malta Malta Malta , officially the Republic of Malta , is a densely populated developed country European microstates microstate in the European Union....	MT	-	1	-	1	Islands	2
Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....	NL NUTS:NL NUTS:NL are the NUTS codes for the Netherlands.The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics is a geocode standardization for referencing the administrative divisions of country for statistical purposes....	Landsdelen Landsdeel The *landsdeel* is the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics statistics region in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is divided into four landsdelen: Noord-Nederland, Oost-Nederland, West-Nederland, and Zuid-Nederland....	4	Provinces Provinces of the Netherlands A Dutch province represents the administrative layer in between the national government and the local municipalities, having the responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance....	12	COROP regio's	40
Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....	PL	Groups of Voivodeships	6	Voivodeships of Poland Voivodeships of Poland The voivodeship or province has been a high-level administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century. Pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998, effective January 1, 1999, sixteen new voivodeships were created, replacing the former 49 that had existed from July 1, 1975....	16	Podregiony (Groups of Powiat Powiat A powiat is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture in other countries.... s)	66
Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....	PT	Continental Portugal Continental Portugal Continental Portugal or Mainland Portugal is the designation of the mainland Portugal territory, located on Europe's Iberian Peninsula....	1	Comissões de coordenação regional	5	Groups of Municipalities List of municipalities of Portugal This is a list of the municipalities of Portugal. Portugal is divided into 18 districts and 2 autonomous regions , Azores and Madeira. The districts and autonomous regions are further sub-divided into 308 municipalities ....	28
	PT	Azores Azores The Azores is a Portugal archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America.... and Madeira Madeira Madeira is a Portugal archipelago in the north Atlantic Ocean that lies between and . It is one of the Autonomous regions of Portugal, with Madeira Island and Porto Santo Island being the only inhabited islands....	2	-	2	-	2
Romania Romania Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....	RO	Macroregion	4	Regions Development regions of Romania The development regions of Romania refer to the eight regional divisions created in Romania in 1998 in order to better co-ordinate regional development as Romania progressed towards accession to the European Union....	8	Counties Counties of Romania List of countiesSee also: List of Romanian Counties by PopulationThe judete are administrative units of Romania.As of 2008, Romania is divided into 41 counties and one municipality, as follows:... and Bucharest Bucharest Bucharest is the capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the D?mbovita River....	42
Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....	SE NUTS:SE The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics of Sweden are used for statistical purposes in a European Union context. The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics codes for Sweden divides the country on three levels:...	-	3	National areas	8	Counties Counties of Sweden The Counties of Sweden, or l?n, are the first level administrative and political subdivisions of Sweden. Sweden is divided into 21 counties....	21
Slovenia Slovenia Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....	SI	-	1	Groups of Regions	2	Statistical Regions Slovenia Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....	12
Slovakia Slovakia Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....	SK	-	1	Groups of Regions	4	Regions Regions of Slovakia Since 1949 , Slovakia has been divided into a number of kraje . Their number, borders and functions have been changed several times. There are currently eight regions of Slovakia and they correspond to the European Union's Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics 3 level of local administrative units....	8
United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....	UK NUTS:UK The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics in the United Kingdom is a Subdivisions of the United Kingdom devised by Eurostat.The NUTS level 1 codes start with UKC rather than UK1 because the new list reflected the revised regions of England and local government changes throughout the UK; UK1-UKB had been used for the 11 regions i...	Regions Regions of England The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of Local government in England sub-national entity of England, with only one, London, having a directly elected assembly.... of England England native_name =\|conventional_long_name = England\|common_name = England\|image_flag = Flag of England.svg\|image_coat = England COA.svg\|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...	9	Groups of Counties Subdivisions of England The subdivisions of England consists of as many as four levels of administrative division and at some levels there are a variety of types of administrative entity.... ; Inner and Outer London Greater London Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. The administrative area was officially created in 1965 and covers the City of London , the City of Westminster and the other 31 London boroughs....	30	Unitary authorities Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of subdivisions of England used for the purposes of local government outside Greater London.... or groups of districts	93
		Wales Wales native_name = Cymru\|conventional_long_name = Wales\|common_name = Wales\|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg\|national_motto = ...	1	Groups of unitary authorities Subdivisions of Wales For local government purposes, Wales is divided into 22 unitary authorities, which are responsible for the provision of all local government services, including education, social work, environment and roads services....	2	Groups of unitary authorities Subdivisions of Wales For local government purposes, Wales is divided into 22 unitary authorities, which are responsible for the provision of all local government services, including education, social work, environment and roads services....	12
		Scotland Scotland conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba\|common_name= Scotland\|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg\|flag_width = 130px...	1	Groups of unitary authorities Subdivisions of Scotland For Local government in Scotland purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as "council areas" which are all governed by unitary authority designated as "councils".... or LECs	4	Groups of unitary authorities Subdivisions of Scotland For Local government in Scotland purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as "council areas" which are all governed by unitary authority designated as "councils".... or LECs	23
		Northern Ireland Northern Ireland conventional_long_name = Northern Ireland\|native_name= Tuaisceart ?ireannNorlin Airlann\|motto =\|image_map = Europe location N-IRL2.png...	1	Northern Ireland	1	Groups of districts Districts of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is divided into 26 districts for local government purposes. The councils do not carry out the same range of functions as those in the rest of the United Kingdom, e.g....	5
EU-27 European Union The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community....		-	97	-	271	-	1303
Croatia Croatia Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....	HR	-	1	Statistical Regions	3	Counties Counties of Croatia The county are primary territorial subdivisions of the Republic of Croatia. In Croatian language they are called ?upanije in plural and ?upanija in singular form....	21
Republic of Macedonia Republic of Macedonia The Republic of Macedonia , , often referred to simply as Macedonia, is a landlocked country on the Balkans in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south and Albania to the west....	MK	-	1	-	1		8
Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....	TR	Group of Provinces (Iller)	12	Group of Provinces (Iller)	26	Provinces (Iller) Provinces of Turkey Turkey is divided into 81 provinces, called iller in Turkish language .A province is administered by an appointed governor , and was formerly termed a "governorate" ....	81
Candidate countries for EU membership		-	14	-	30	-	110
Iceland Iceland Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....	IS	-	1	-	1	-	2
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein The Principality of Liechtenstein is a Landlocked country#Doubly landlocked country alpine country microstate in Western Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and by Austria to the east....	LI	-	1	-	1	-	1
Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....	NO	-	1		7		19
Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....	CH	-	1	Regions	7	Cantons Cantons of Switzerland File:Karte 13 Alte Orte.pngThe 26 cantons of Switzerland are the State s of the federation of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereignty state with its own borders, army and currency until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848....	26
EFTA European Free Trade Association The European Free Trade Association was established on 3 May 1960 as a trade bloc-alternative for European states who were either unable to, or chose not to, join the then-European Economic Community .... countries		-	4	-	16	-	48

Establishment

The NUTS-region are based on the existing national administrative subdivisions. In countries where only one or two regional subdivisions exist, or where the size of existing subdivisions is too small, a second and/or third level is created. This may be on the first level (ex. France, Italy, Greece, and Spain), on the second (ex. Germany) and/or third level (ex. Belgium).

In smaller countries, where the entire country would be placed on the NUTS 2 or even NUTS 3 level (ex. Luxembourg, Cyprus, Ireland), levels 1, 2 and/or 3 are identical to the level above and/or to the entire country.

The thresholds in the table below are used as guidelines for establishing the regions, but they are not applied rigidly. For example Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
, population 531,600 in 2007, is a NUTS 2 region.


Level	Minimum	Maximum
NUTS 1	3 million	7 million
NUTS 2	800 000	3 million
NUTS 3	150 000	800 000

Examples

DE: Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....

DE7: Hesse
Hesse

Hesse is a States of Germany of Germany with an area of 21,110 km? and just over six million inhabitants. The state capital is Wiesbaden. Hesse's largest city is nearby Frankfurt am Main....
- The Bundesland
States of Germany

Germany is a federation consisting of sixteen states, known in German language as L?nder . Since Land is the literal German word for "country", the term Bundesl?nder is commonly used colloquially, as it is more specific, though technically incorrect within the corpus of German law....
as the top level subdivision of Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....

DE71: Darmstadt region
Darmstadt (region)

Darmstadt is one of the three Regierungsbezirke of Hesse, Germany, located in the south of the state.External links...
- Regierungsbezirk
Regierungsbezirk

A Regierungsbezirk is a type of government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states . It is responsible for the districts , either List of German rural districts or urban districts: cities which constitute a district in their own right ....
as second level

DE71E: Wetteraukreis
Wetteraukreis

The Wetteraukreis is a Kreis in the middle of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Gie?en , Vogelsbergkreis, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, district-free Frankfurt, Hochtaunuskreis, Lahn-Dill-Kreis....
- Kreis
Kreis

Kreis is the German word for circle, and also refers to a type of Circle .*In Germany, a Kreis is a Districts of Germany or county*In Prussia, a Kreis was a Kreis in Prussia or county...
as the third level

AA: Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....

AA25: Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....

US16: Kansas
Kansas

The State of Kansas is a Midwestern U.S. state in the Central United States of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the United States "Heartland"....

External links

— Eurostat
— Eurostat
(EU-27) — Eurostat
— Eurostat
— Eurostat
(World Wide) — European Union; copy archived by the Internet Archive
Internet Archive

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Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics

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