The principality of
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: link=no, Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a German-speaking microstate located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein is a semi-constitutional monarchy ...
is divided into eleven
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 ...
(''german: Gemeinden'',
singular
Singular may refer to:
* Singular, the grammatical number that denotes a unit quantity, as opposed to the plural and other forms
* Singular homology
* SINGULAR, an open source Computer Algebra System (CAS)
* Singular or sounder, a group of boar, ...
'), most consisting of only a single
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
. Five of the ' fall within the electoral district of (lower country), while the other six are within the (upper country).
Municipalities
Exclaves and enclaves
The municipalities of Liechtenstein, the ', exhibit complex shapes, despite their small size.
Seven of the ' have one or more
exclave
An enclave is a territory (or a small territory apart of a larger one) that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state or entity. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is sometimes used improperly to deno ...
s, in addition to the main territory:
* Gamprin: 1 exclave
* Eschen: 1 exclave
* Planken: 4 exclaves, of which 1 is a true enclave
* Schaan: 4 exclaves, of which 1 is a true enclave
* Vaduz: 6 exclaves, of which 2 are true enclaves
* Triesenberg: 1 exclave
* Balzers: 2 exclaves
Data codes
In
ISO 3166-2, the
codes of the municipalities start with LI-, followed by two digits (01–11, assigned in alphabetical order).
In
FIPS 10-4
The FIPS 10-4 standard, ''Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions'', was a list of two-letter country codes that were used by the U.S. Government for geographical data processing in many ...
(standard withdrawn in 2008), the
codes of the municipalities started with LS-, followed by the same two digits as the ISO codes.
As a member of the
EFTA, Liechtenstein is included in the
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or NUTS (french: Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard, adopted in 2003, ...
(NUTS). The three NUTS levels all correspond to the country itself (NUTS-1: LI0; NUTS-2: LI00; NUTS-3: LI000). Below the NUTS levels, there are two
LAU
Lau or LAU may refer to:
People
* Lau (surname)
* Liu (劉/刘), a common Chinese family name transliterated Lau in Cantonese and Hokkien
* Lau clan, one of the Saraswat Brahmin clans of Punjab
* LAU (musician): Laura Fares
Places
* Lebane ...
levels (LAU-1: electoral districts; LAU-2: municipalities).
See also
*
ISO 3166-2:LI
References
External links
Communes of Liechtenstein Statoids.com
Subdivisions of Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein, Municipalities
Liechtenstein 1
Enclaves and exclaves
Municipalities, Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein geography-related lists
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