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The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (
NUTS Nut often refers to: * Nut (fruit), fruit composed of a hard shell and a seed, or a collective noun for dry and edible fruits or seeds * Nut (hardware), fastener used with a bolt Nut or Nuts may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Com ...
) is a
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standard for referencing the
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s of
Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
for statistical purposes. As a member of EFTA Switzerland is included in the NUTS standard, although the standard is developed and regulated by the
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, an organization that Switzerland does not belong to. The NUTS standard is instrumental in delivering the European Union's Structural Funds. The NUTS code for Switzerland is CH and a hierarchy of three levels is established by
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. Below these is a further levels of geographic organisation - the local administrative unit (LAU). In Switzerland, the LAUs are
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(LAU-1) and
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 ...
(LAU-2).


Overall

The three NUTS levels are:


NUTS codes

The NUTS codes are as follows:


Local Administrative Units

Below the NUTS levels, there are two Local Administrative Units (LAU) levels


LAU-1: Districts


LAU-2: Municipalities


Notes and references


See also

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Subdivisions of Switzerland The Swiss Confederation comprises the 26 cantons of Switzerland. Each canton has its individual structure for further subdivisions. Regions For statistical purposes, Switzerland is subdivided into seven regions at the NUTS-2 level: Cantons ...
* ISO 3166-2 codes of Switzerland * FIPS region codes of Switzerland * Comparison of ISO, FIPS, and NUTS codes of the cantons of Switzerland *
List of regions of Switzerland by Human Development Index This is a list of NUTS2 statistical regions of Switzerland by Human Development Index as of 2020 with data for the year 2019. In the same year the Zurich Region had the highest HDI Score out of 1790 sub-national regions of the world. Referen ...


External links


Hierarchical list of the Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics - NUTS and the Statistical regions of Europe

Overview map of EFTA countries - Statistical regions at level 1
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SCHWEIZ/SUISSE/SVIZZERA - Statistical regions at level 2
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SCHWEIZ/SUISSE/SVIZZERA - Statistical regions at level 3


* ttp://www.statoids.com/uch.html Cantons of Switzerland Statoids.com {{Portal bar, Switzerland
Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
Subdivisions of Switzerland Regions of Switzerland