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Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

for statistical purposes. The standard is developed and regulated by the

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. The NUTS standard is instrumental in delivering the European Union's Structural Funds. The NUTS code for Austria is ''AT'' and a hierarchy of three levels is established by

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. Below these is a further levels of geographic organisation - the local administrative unit (LAU). In Austria, the LAU 2 is

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NUTS Levels

Local administrative units

Below the NUTS levels, the two LAU (Local Administrative Units) levels are: ''The LAU codes of Austria can be downloaded here:''

NUTS codes

NUTS 3 definitions

: AT1 Eastern Austria (''Ostösterreich'') :: AT11

Burgenland Burgenland (; ; ; Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian: ''Burgnland''; Slovene language, Slovene: ''Gradiščanska''; ) is the easternmost and least populous Bundesland (Austria), state of Austria. It consists of two statutory city (Austria), statut ...

::: AT111 Mittelburgenland ( Bezirk Oberpullendorf) ::: AT112 Nordburgenland (

Eisenstadt Eisenstadt (; ; ; or ; ) is the capital city of the Provinces of Austria, Austrian state of Burgenland. With a population of 15,074 (as of 2023), it is the smallest state capital and the 38th-largest city in Austria overall. It lies at the foot o ...

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, Bezirk Eisenstadt-Umgebung, Bezirk Mattersburg, Bezirk Neusiedl am See) ::: AT113 Südburgenland ( Bezirk Güssing, Bezirk Jennersdorf, Bezirk Oberwart) :: AT12

Lower Austria Lower Austria ( , , abbreviated LA or NÖ) is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Major cities are Amstetten, Lower Austria, Amstetten, Krems an der Donau, Wiener Neustadt and Sankt Pölten, which ...

(''Niederösterreich'') ::: AT121 Mostviertel-Eisenwurzen (

Waidhofen an der Ybbs Waidhofen an der Ybbs (, ) is a statutory city ''(Statutarstadt)'' in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. The city had a population of 11,662 as of the 2001 census and an area of 131.56 km². It was first mentioned in 1186 and has been the e ...

, Bezirk Amstetten, Bezirk Melk, Bezirk Scheibbs) ::: AT122 Niederösterreich-Süd (

Wiener Neustadt Wiener Neustadt (; Lower_Austria.html" ;"title=".e. Lower Austria">.e. Lower Austria , ) is a city located south of Vienna, in the state of Lower Austria, in northeast Austria. It is a self-governed city and the seat of the district administr ...

, Bezirk Lilienfeld, Bezirk Neunkirchen, Bezirk Wiener Neustadt-Land) ::: AT123 Sankt Pölten (

Sankt Pölten Sankt Pölten (; Central Bavarian: ''St. Pödn''), mostly abbreviated to the official name St. Pölten, is the capital and largest city of the States of Austria, State of Lower Austria in northeast Austria, with 55,538 inhabitants as of 1 Januar ...

, Bezirk Sankt Pölten-Land) ::: AT124 Waldviertel ( Krems, Bezirk Gmünd, Bezirk Horn, Bezirk Krems-Land, Bezirk Waidhofen an der Thaya, Bezirk Zwettl) ::: AT125 Weinviertel ( Bezirk Hollabrunn, part of Bezirk Mistelbach, part of Bezirk Gänserndorf) ::: AT126 Wiener Umland/Nordteil ( Bezirk Korneuburg, Bezirk Tulln, part of Bezirken Gänserndorf, part of Bezirk Mistelbach, part of Bezirken Wien-Umgebung) ::: AT127 Wiener Umland/Südteil ( Bezirk Bruck an der Leitha, Bezirk Baden, Bezirk Mödling, part of Bezirk Wien-Umgebung) :: AT13

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

(Wien) ::: AT130

Wien Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

: AT2 Southern Austria (''Südösterreich'') :: AT21

Carinthia Carinthia ( ; ; ) is the southernmost and least densely populated States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The Lake Wolayer is a mountain lake on the Carinthian side of the Carnic Main ...

(''Kärnten'') ::: AT211 Klagenfurt-Villach ( Klagenfurt,

Villach Villach (; ; ; ) is the seventh-largest city in Austria and the second-largest in the federal state of Carinthia. It is an important traffic junction for southern Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region. , the population is 61,887. Together wit ...

, Bezirk Klagenfurt-Land, Bezirk Villach-Land) ::: AT212 Oberkärnten ( Bezirk Feldkirchen, Bezirk Hermagor, Bezirk Spittal an der Drau) ::: AT213 Unterkärnten ( Bezirk Sankt Veit an der Glan, Bezirk Völkermarkt, Bezirk Wolfsberg) :: AT22

Styria Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and cloc ...

(''Steiermark'') ::: AT221 Graz (

Graz Graz () is the capital of the Austrian Federal states of Austria, federal state of Styria and the List of cities and towns in Austria, second-largest city in Austria, after Vienna. On 1 January 2025, Graz had a population of 306,068 (343,461 inc ...

, Bezirk Graz-Umgebung) ::: AT222 Liezen ( Bezirk Liezen) ::: AT223 Östliche Obersteiermark ( Bezirk Bruck an der Mur, Bezirk Leoben, Bezirk Mürzzuschlag) ::: AT224 Oststeiermark ( Bezirk Feldbach, Bezirk Fürstenfeld, Bezirk Hartberg, Bezirk Radkersburg, Bezirk Weiz) ::: AT225 West- und Südsteiermark ( Bezirk Deutschlandsberg, Bezirk Leibnitz, Bezirk Voitsberg) ::: AT226 Westliche Obersteiermark ( Bezirk Judenburg, Bezirk Knittelfeld, Bezirk Murau) : AT3 Western Austria (''Westösterreich'') :: AT31

Upper Austria Upper Austria ( ; ; ) is one of the nine States of Austria, states of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg (state), Salzbur ...

(''Oberösterreich'') ::: AT311 Innviertel ( Bezirk Braunau am Inn, Bezirk Grieskirchen, Bezirk Ried im Innkreis, Bezirk Schärding) ::: AT312 Linz-Wels (

Linz Linz (Pronunciation: , ; ) is the capital of Upper Austria and List of cities and towns in Austria, third-largest city in Austria. Located on the river Danube, the city is in the far north of Austria, south of the border with the Czech Repub ...

Wels Wels (; Central Bavarian: ''Wös'') is a city in Upper Austria, on the Traun River near Linz. It is the county seat of Wels-Land, and with a population of approximately 60,000, the List of cities and towns in Austria, eighth largest city in Aus ...

, Bezirk Linz-Land, Bezirk Wels-Land, Bezirk Eferding, part of Bezirk Urfahr-Umgebung) ::: AT313 Mühlviertel ( Bezirk Freistadt, Bezirk Perg, Bezirk Rohrbach, part of Bezirk Urfahr-Umgebung) ::: AT314 Steyr-Kirchdorf (

Steyr Steyr (; ) is a statutory city (Austria), statutory city, located in the Austrian federal state of Upper Austria. It is the administrative capital, though not part of Steyr-Land District. Steyr is Austria's 12th most populated town and the 3rd lar ...

, Bezirk Kirchdorf an der Krems, Bezirk Steyr-Land) ::: AT315 Traunviertel ( Bezirk Gmunden, Bezirk Vöcklabruck) :: AT32

Salzburg Salzburg is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020 its population was 156,852. The city lies on the Salzach, Salzach River, near the border with Germany and at the foot of the Austrian Alps, Alps moun ...

::: AT321 Lungau ( Bezirk Tamsweg) ::: AT322 Pinzgau-Pongau ( Bezirk Sankt Johann im Pongau, Bezirk Zell am See) ::: AT323 Salzburg und Umgebung (

, Bezirk Salzburg-Umgebung, Bezirk Hallein) :: AT33

Tyrol Tyrol ( ; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, f ...

(Tirol) ::: AT331 Außerfern ( Bezirk Reutte) ::: AT332 Innsbruck (

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the Wipptal, Wipp Valley, which provides access to the ...

, Bezirk Innsbruck Land) ::: AT333 Osttirol (

Bezirk Lienz The Bezirk Lienz () is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Austria. It is the only district in East Tyrol. The district borders the Pinzgau (Salzburg (state), Salzburg) in the north, the districts Spittal an der Drau ( ...

) ::: AT334 Tyrolean Oberland (''Tiroler Oberland'') ( Bezirk Imst, Bezirk Landeck) ::: AT335

Tyrolean Unterland The Tyrolean Unterland () is that part of the Austrian state of Tyrol east of its capital city, Innsbruck, excluding East Tyrol. Extent and language The Tyrolean Unterland should not be confused with the Tyrolean Lower Inn Valley (''Tiroler Unt ...

(''Tiroler Unterland'') ( Bezirk Kitzbühel, Bezirk Kufstein, Bezirk Schwaz) :: AT34

Vorarlberg Vorarlberg ( ; ; , , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with the second-highest popu ...

::: AT341 Bludenz-Bregenzer Wald ( Bezirk Bludenz, part of Bezirk Bregenz) ::: AT342 Rheintal-Bodenseegebiet ( Bezirk Dornbirn, Bezirk Feldkirch, part of Bezirk Bregenz)

References

Sources

Hierarchical list of the Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics - NUTS and the Statistical regions of Europe

Overview map of EU Countries - NUTS level 1
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ÖSTERREICH - NUTS levels

* ttp://simap.europa.eu/codes-and-nomenclatures/codes-nuts/codes-nuts-table_en.htm List of current NUTS codes*
Download current NUTS codes (ODS format)

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