The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of Belgium for statistical purposes. The standard is developed and regulated by the European Union. 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. Below these is a further levels of geographic organisation - the local administrative unit (LAU). In Belgium, the LAUs are municipalities.
Overall
NUTS Levels Level Subdivisions # NUTS 1 Regions (Gewesten/Régions) 3 NUTS 2 Provinces (Provincies/Provinces) (+ Brussels) 11 NUTS 3 Arrondissements (Arrondissementen/Arrondissements) (Verviers split into two) 44
Local administrative units
Below the NUTS levels, the two LAU (Local Administrative Units) levels are:
Level Subdivisions # LAU 1 — (same as NUTS 3) 44 LAU 2 Municipalities (Gemeenten/Communes) 589
The LAU codes of Belgium can be downloaded here:
NUTS codes NUTS 1 Code NUTS 2 Code NUTS 3 Code Brussels BE1 Brussels BE10 Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital BE100 Flanders BE2 Antwerp BE21 Arrondissement of Antwerp BE211 Arrondissement of Mechelen BE212 Arrondissement of Turnhout BE213 Limburg BE22 Arrondissement of Tongeren BE223 Arrondissement of Hasselt BE224 Arrondissement of Maaseik BE225 East Flanders BE23 Arrondissement of Aalst BE231 Arrondissement of Dendermonde BE232 Arrondissement of Eeklo BE233 Arrondissement of Ghent BE234 Arrondissement of Oudenaarde BE235 Arrondissement of Sint-Niklaas BE236 Flemish Brabant BE24 Arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde BE241 Arrondissement of Leuven BE242 West Flanders BE25 Arrondissement of Bruges BE251 Arrondissement of Diksmuide BE252 Arrondissement of Ypres BE253 Arrondissement of Kortrijk BE254 Arrondissement of Ostend BE255 Arrondissement of Roeselare BE256 Arrondissement of Tielt BE257 Arrondissement of Veurne BE258 Wallonia BE3 Walloon Brabant BE31 Arrondissement of Nivelles BE310 Hainaut BE32 Arrondissement of Mons BE323 Arrondissement of Tournai-Mouscron BE328 Arrondissement of La Louvière BE329 Arrondissement of Ath BE32A Arrondissement of Charleroi BE32B Arrondissement of Soignies BE32C Arrondissement of Thuin BE32D Liège BE33 Arrondissement of Huy BE331 Arrondissement of Liège BE332 Arrondissement of Waremme BE334 Arrondissement of Verviers,municipalities of the French Community BE335 Arrondissement of Verviers,municipalities of the German Community BE336 Luxembourg (Belgium) BE34 Arrondissement of Arlon BE341 Arrondissement of Bastogne BE342 Arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne BE343 Arrondissement of Neufchâteau BE344 Arrondissement of Virton BE345 Namur BE35 Arrondissement of Dinant BE351 Arrondissement of Namur BE352 Arrondissement of Philippeville BE353
In the 2003 version, the Arrondissement of Verviers was coded BE333.
See also Subdivisions of Belgium 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 Europe Overview map of EU Countries - NUTS level 1 BELGIQUE / BELGIË - NUTS level 2 BELGIQUE / BELGIË - NUTS level 3 Correspondence between the NUTS levels and the national administrative units List of current NUTS codes Download current NUTS codes (ODS format) Provinces of Belgium, Statoids.com Arrondissements of Belgium, Statoids.com