The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

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 Bulgaria is ''BG'' and a hierarchy of three levels is established by

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. Below these are a further level of the geographic organisation - the local administrative unit (LAU). In Bulgaria, the LAU 1 is

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and the LAU 2 is settlements.

Overall

NUTS levels

Local Administrative Units

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

NUTS codes

In the 2003 version, the codes were as follows: : BG1 North Bulgaria :: BG11 North West ::: BG111 Vidin ::: BG112

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::: BG113 Vratsa :: BG12 North Central ::: BG121 Pleven ::: BG122 Lovech ::: BG123 Veliko Tarnovo ::: BG124 Gabrovo ::: BG125 Ruse :: BG13 North East ::: BG131 Varna ::: BG132

Dobrich Dobrich ( ; ; ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, 9th most populated city in Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Dobrich Province and the capital of the region of Southern Dobrudzha. It is located in the northeastern part of the cou ...

::: BG133 Shumen ::: BG134 Targovishte ::: BG135 Razgrad ::: BG136 Silistra : BG2 South Bulgaria :: BG21 South West ::: BG211 Grad Sofiya ::: BG212 Sofiya ::: BG213 Blagoevgrad ::: BG214 Pernik ::: BG215 Kyustendil :: BG22 South Central ::: BG221

Plovdiv Plovdiv (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, second-largest city in Bulgaria, 144 km (93 miles) southeast of the capital Sofia. It had a population of 490,983 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is a cultural hub ...

::: BG222

Stara Zagora Stara Zagora (, ) is a city in Bulgaria, and the administrative capital of Stara Zagora Province. It is located in the Upper Thracian Plain, near the cities of Kazanlak, Plovdiv, and Sliven. Its population is 121,582 making it the sixth largest c ...

::: BG223 Haskovo ::: BG224 Pazardzhik ::: BG225 Smolyan ::: BG226 Kardzhali :: BG23 South East ::: BG231 Burgas ::: BG232 Sliven ::: BG233 Yambol

NUTS 2 regions redrawing

Some of the present NUTS II regions of Bulgaria no longer meet the relevant technical requirements, mostly due to general population decline and increasing regional disproportion. A 2013 study by FLGR Consult commissioned by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works analyzed the state and trends of change in the characteristics of these regions to identify several options for the pending redrawing of the NUTS II map of the country. The process was restarted in 2017 with certain modified versions considered, and final decision due by the end of 2018. The relevant Regional Development (Amendment) Bill, released for public consultation by the Council of Ministers in October 2018, is based on a four-regions version chosen from the shortlist of three options developed by an inter-ministerial working group led by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works.Regional Development (Amendment) Bill.
Council of Ministers: Portal for Public Consultation, 4 October – 6 November 2018 (in Bulgarian) File: Bulgaria_NUTS-2_Proposal_2018_variant_1.svg, Proposal option 1 File: Bulgaria_NUTS-2_Proposal_2018_variant_2.svg, Proposal option 2 underlying the Regional Development (Amendment) Bill of October 2018 File: Bulgaria_NUTS-2_Proposal_2018_variant_3.svg, Proposal option 3 File: Bulgaria_NUTS-2_Proposal_2018_variant_4.svg, Proposal option 4 File: Bulgaria_NUTS-2_Proposal_2018_variant_5.svg, Proposal option 5

Notes

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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BULGARIA - NUTS level 2
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BULGARIA - NUTS level 3

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