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Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or NUTS (french: Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of
countries A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state (polity), state, nation, or other polity, political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up one part of a larger state. For example, the country of Japan is an independent, so ...
for statistical purposes. The standard, adopted in 2003, is developed and regulated by the
European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are located primarily in Europe, Europe. The union has a total area of ...
, and thus only covers the member states of the EU in detail. The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics is instrumental in the European Union's
Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund The European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds, ESIFs) are financial tools governed by a common rulebook, set up to implement the regional policy of the European Union, as well as the structural policy pillars of the Common Agricultural ...
delivery mechanisms and for locating the area where goods and services subject to European public procurement legislation are to be delivered. For each EU member country, a hierarchy of three NUTS levels is established by
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in agreement with each member state; the subdivisions in some levels do not necessarily correspond to
administrative division Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...
s within the country. A NUTS code begins with a two-letter code referencing the country, as abbreviated in the
European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are located primarily in Europe, Europe. The union has a total area of ...
's Interinstitutional Style Guide. 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. Where the subdivision has more than nine entities, capital letters are used to continue the numbering. Below the three NUTS levels are local administrative units (LAUs). A similar statistical system is defined for the candidate countries and members of the European Free Trade Association, but they are not part of NUTS governed by the regulations. The current NUTS classification, dated 21 November 2016 and effective from 1 January 2018 (now updated to current members ), lists 92 regions at
NUTS 1 The Classification of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS, for the French ) is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative divisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard was developed by the European Union. There ...
, 244 regions at NUTS 2, 1215 regions at NUTS 3 level, and 99,387 local administrative units (LAUs).


National structures

Not all countries have every level of division, depending on their size. For example, Luxembourg and Cyprus only have local administrative units (LAUs); the three NUTS divisions each correspond to the entire country itself.


Member states

}, german: Gemeinden, lb, Gemengen) , align=right , 102 , - , Malta , MT , — , align=right , 1 , — , align=right , 1 , Islands , align=right , 2 , Local councils () , align=right , 68 , - , Netherlands , NL , Groups of provinces , align=right , 4 , Provinces , align=right , 12 , COROP regions , align=right , 40 ,
Municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
() , align=right , 355 , - , Poland , PL , Macroregions () , align=right , 7 ,
Voivodeships A voivodeship is the area administered by a voivode (Governor) in several countries of central and eastern Europe. Voivodeships have existed since medieval times and the area of extent of voivodeship resembles that of a duchy in western medieva ...
+ Warsaw metro , align=right , 17 , Subregions () , align=right , 73 ,
Municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
() , align=right , 2,478 , - , Portugal , PT ,
Continent A continent is any of several large landmasses. Generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, up to seven geographical regions are commonly regarded as continents. Ordered from largest in area to smallest, these seven ...
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Azores ) , motto =( en, "Rather die free than subjected in peace") , anthem= ( en, "Anthem of the Azores") , image_map=Locator_map_of_Azores_in_EU.svg , map_alt=Location of the Azores within the European Union , map_caption=Location of the Azores wi ...
+
Madeira ) , anthem = ( en, "Anthem of the Autonomous Region of Madeira") , song_type = Regional anthem , image_map=EU-Portugal_with_Madeira_circled.svg , map_alt=Location of Madeira , map_caption=Location of Madeira , subdivision_type=Sovereign st ...
, align=right , 3 , Coordination and development regions + autonomous regions , align=right , 7 , Groups of
municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
, align=right , 25 , Parishes () , align=right , 3,400 , - , Romania , RO , Macroregions , align=right , 4 , Regions , align=right , 8 , Counties +
Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north o ...
, align=right , 42 , Communes + Municipalities + Cities () , align=right , 3,181 , - , Slovakia , SK , — , align=right , 1 , Oblasts , align=right , 4 , Regions () , align=right , 8 ,
Municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
() , align=right , 2,926 , - , Slovenia , SI , — , align=right , 1 , Macroregions , align=right , 2 , Statistical regions , align=right , 12 ,
Municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
() , align=right , 212 , - , Spain , ES , Groups of autonomous communities , align=right , 7 , 17 Autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities , align=right , 19 , Provinces + Islands +
Ceuta Ceuta (, , ; ar, سَبْتَة, Sabtah) is a Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa. Bordered by Morocco, it lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of several Spanish territori ...
and
Melilla Melilla ( , ; ; rif, Mřič ; ar, مليلية ) is an autonomous city of Spain located in north Africa. It lies on the eastern side of the Cape Three Forks, bordering Morocco and facing the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of . It was pa ...
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Municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
() , align=right , 8,124 , - , Sweden , SE , Regions () , align=right , 3 , National Areas () , align=right , 8 , Counties () , align=right , 21 ,
Municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
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Candidate countries


EFTA countries

}, and ; french: districts; it, distretti; rm, districts) , align=right , 166 ,
Municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
(german: Gemeinden, and ; french: communes; it, comuni; rm, vischnancas) , align=right , 2,721 , - , Iceland , IS , — , align=right , 1 , — , align=right , 1 , Capital Region / Rest of country , align=right , 2 , Regions () , align=right , 8 ,
Municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
() , align=right , 79 , - , Liechtenstein , LI , — , align=right , 1 , — , align=right , 1 , — , align=right , 1 , Electoral districts () , align=right , 2 ,
Municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
() , align=right , 11 , - , Norway , NO , — , align=right , 1 , Regions , align=right , 7 , Counties () , align=right , 19 , Economic regions () , align=right , 89 ,
Municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
() , align=right , 431


Former EU state


Maps


Establishment

NUTS regions are generally based on existing national administrative subdivisions. In countries where only one or two regional subdivisions exist, or where the population of existing subdivisions is too small or too large, 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 countries with small populations, where the entire country would be placed on the NUTS 2 or even NUTS 3 level (ex. Luxembourg, Cyprus), the regions at levels 1, 2 and 3 are identical to each other (and also to the entire country), but are coded with the appropriate length codes levels 1, 2 and 3. The NUTS system favors existing administrative units, with one or more assigned to each NUTS level. Specific guidelines are based in population, leaving little or no role for other types of variables such as area, distance, topography, levels of jurisdiction or history, which can only be considered in (unspecified) types of special cases.https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/regions-and-cities/overview> From the NUTS Regulation, the average population size of the regions in the respective level shall lie within the following thresholds: For non-administrative units, deviations from these population marks exist for particular geographical, socio-economic, historical, cultural or environmental circumstances, especially for islands and outermost regions.


Examples

* IT: Italy ** ITC: Northwest Italy *** ITC1:
Piedmont it, Piemontese , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , demographics1_title2 ...
**** ITC11:
Metropolitan City of Turin The Metropolitan City of Turin ( it, Città metropolitana di Torino, Piedmontese: ''Sità metropolitan-a 'd Turin'') is a metropolitan city in the Piedmont region, Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin. It replaced the Province of Turin and ...


See also

* ISO 3166 *
ISO 3166-1 ISO 3166-1 (''Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes'') is a standard defining codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. It ...
* ISO 3166-2 * List of FIPS region codes * List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population ** List of metropolitan areas (LUZ) in the European Union ** List of the largest urban areas of the European Union * List of European regions by GDP * Regions of the European Union


References


External links


Eurostat portal – NUTS – Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics – Overview
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History of NUTS – Changes between versions
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NUTS maps
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Statistical regions outside the EU
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Correspondence between the NUTS levels and the national structures (EU)
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Correspondence between the NUTS levels and the national structures (non-EU)

List of current NUTS codes at SIMAP (EU procurement portal)

NUTS regions for web maps in JSON format

NUTS classification as Linked Data

Administrative Divisions of Countries ("Statoids")
{{Geocoding-systems Geocodes Statistical data coding