The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a
geocode
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standard Standard may refer to:
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Norms, conventions or requirements
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for referencing the
subdivision
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Arts and entertainment
* Subdivision (metre), in music
* ''Subdivision'' (film), 2009
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s of
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
for statistical purposes. The standard is developed and regulated 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 ...
.
The NUTS standard is instrumental in delivering the European Union's
Structural Funds. The NUTS code for Belgium is ''BE'' and a hierarchy of three levels is established by
Eurostat
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. Below these is a further levels of geographic organisation - the local administrative unit (LAU). In Belgium, the LAUs are
municipalities
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
.
Overall
NUTS Levels
Local administrative units
Below the NUTS levels, the two LAU (Local Administrative Units) levels are:
''The LAU codes of Belgium can be downloaded here:'' ''
NUTS codes
In the 2003 version, the
Arrondissement of Verviers
The Arrondissement of Verviers (french: links=no, Arrondissement de Verviers; german: links=no, Verwaltungsbezirk Verviers; nl, links=no, Arrondissement Verviers) is one of the four administrative arrondissements in the Walloon province of Lià ...
was coded BE333.
See also
*
Subdivisions of Belgium
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The la ...
*
ISO 3166-2 codes of Belgium
*
FIPS region codes of Belgium
References
Sources
Hierarchical list of the Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics - NUTS and the Statistical regions of EuropeOverview map of EU Countries - NUTS level 1*
BELGIQUE / BELGIË - NUTS level 2*
BELGIQUE / BELGIË - NUTS level 3*
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) Statoids.com
Statoids.com
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Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
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