The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (
NUTS) is a
geocode standard Standard may refer to:
Symbols
* Colours, standards and guidons, kinds of military signs
* Standard (emblem), a type of a large symbol or emblem used for identification
Norms, conventions or requirements
* Standard (metrology), an object th ...
for referencing the
subdivisions of
Switzerland for statistical purposes. As a member of
EFTA
The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is a regional trade organization and free trade area consisting of four European states: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. The organization operates in parallel with the European U ...
Switzerland is included in the NUTS standard, although the standard is developed and regulated by the
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...
,
an organization that Switzerland does not belong to. The NUTS standard is instrumental in delivering the European Union's
Structural Funds. The NUTS code for Switzerland is CH and a hierarchy of three levels is established by
Eurostat. Below these is a further levels of geographic organisation - the local administrative unit (LAU). In Switzerland, the LAUs are
districts (LAU-1) and
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 go ...
(LAU-2).
Overall
The three NUTS levels are:
NUTS codes
The NUTS codes are as follows:
Local Administrative Units
Below the NUTS levels, there are two
Local Administrative Units (LAU) levels
LAU-1: Districts
LAU-2: Municipalities
Notes and references
See also
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Subdivisions of Switzerland
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ISO 3166-2 codes of Switzerland
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FIPS region codes of Switzerland
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Comparison of ISO, FIPS, and NUTS codes of the cantons of Switzerland
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List of regions of Switzerland by Human Development Index
External links
Hierarchical list of the Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics - NUTS and the Statistical regions of EuropeOverview map of EFTA countries - Statistical regions at level 1*
SCHWEIZ/SUISSE/SVIZZERA - Statistical regions at level 2*
SCHWEIZ/SUISSE/SVIZZERA - Statistical regions at level 3*
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