The
Classification of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS, for the French ) is a
geocode
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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 administrative divisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard was developed 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 des ...
.
There are three levels of NUTS defined, with two levels of local administrative units (LAUs). Depending on their size, not all countries have every level of division. One of the most extreme cases is
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
, which has only LAUs; the three NUTS divisions each correspond to the entire country itself.
There are 92 first-level NUTS regions of the European Union, and 240 second-level NUTS regions.
Former member states
Below are the first-level NUTS regions of former member states of the European Union.
EFTA member states
Below are the first-level NUTS regions 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 ...
.
EU candidates
Below are the first-level NUTS regions of candidates of the European Union.
See also
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Local government
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Regional policy of the European Union
The regional policy of the European Union (EU), also referred as Cohesion Policy, is a policy with the stated aim of improving the economic well-being of regions in the European Union and also to avoid regional disparities. More than one third ...
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Region (Europe)
The European Union created a Committee of the Regions to represent Regions of Europe as the layer of EU government administration directly below the nation-state level. The committee has its headquarters in Brussels.
Reasons given for this inc ...
External links
Europa – Eurostat – RegionsOverview maps of the NUTS and Statistical Regions of Europe – Overview map of EU Countries – NUTS level 1 rchiveThe 104 NUTS-1 EU Regions of 2016 to present
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Types of geographical division