Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
(HR) is included in the
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or NUTS () is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative divisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard, adopted in 2003, is developed and regulated by the European ...
(NUTS) of 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 Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...
. The NUTS of Croatia were defined during the
Accession of Croatia to the European Union, codified by the
Croatian Bureau of Statistics in early 2007. The regions were revised twice, first in 2012, and then in 2021.
The three NUTS levels are:
* NUTS-1: Croatia
* NUTS-2: 4 regions (non-administrative)
* NUTS-3: 21
counties (administrative)
The NUTS codes are as follows:
Below the NUTS levels, there is the
LAU level. These are the Croatian
Cities and
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
(''Gradovi i općine'').
Correspondence tables on the NUTS regions with the administrative and non-administrative territorial units
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See also
* Subdivisions of Croatia
* ISO 3166-2 codes of Croatia
* FIPS region codes of Croatia
References
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Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
Subdivisions of Croatia