The Classification of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS, for the French ) is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative divisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard was developed by the European Union.
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, 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.
Austria – Belgium – Bulgaria – Cyprus – Czech Republic – Germany – Denmark – Estonia Spain – Finland – France – Greece – Croatia – Hungary – Ireland – Italy – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Latvia Malta – Netherlands – Poland – Portugal – Romania – Sweden – Slovenia – Slovakia __NOTOC__ See also – References
Code Name Corresponding second-level NUTS Map AT AT1 East Austria Burgenland, Lower Austria, Vienna AT2 South Austria Carinthia, Styria AT3 West Austria Upper Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg BE BE1 Brussels Capital Region Brussels Capital Region BE2 Flemish Region Antwerp, Limburg, East Flanders, Flemish Brabant, West Flanders BE3 Walloon Region Walloon Brabant, Hainaut, Liège, Luxembourg, Namur BG BG3 Northern and Eastern Bulgaria Severozapaden, Severen tsentralen, Severoiztochen, Yugoiztochen BG4 South-Western and South-Central Bulgaria Yugozapaden, Yuzhen tsentralen CY CY0 Cyprus Cyprus CZ CZ0 Czech Republic Prague, Central Bohemia, Southwest, Northwest, Northeast, Southeast, Central Moravia, Moravia-Silesia DE DE1 Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Freiburg, Tübingen DE2 Bavaria Upper Bavaria, Lower Bavaria, Upper Palatinate, Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia, Lower Franconia, Swabia DE3 Berlin Berlin DE4 Brandenburg Brandenburg DE5 Free Hanseatic City of Bremen Free Hanseatic City of Bremen DE6 Hamburg Hamburg DE7 Hessen Darmstadt, Gießen, Kassel DE8 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern DE9 Lower Saxony Braunschweig, Hanover, Lüneburg, Weser-Ems DEA North Rhine-Westphalia Düsseldorf, Cologne, Münster, Detmold, Arnsberg DEB Rhineland-Palatinate Koblenz, Trier, Rheinhessen-Pfalz DEC Saarland Saarland DED Saxony Chemnitz, Dresden, Leipzig DEE Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt DEF Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein DEG Thuringia Thuringia DK DK0 Denmark Hovedstaden, Zealand, Region of Southern Denmark, Central Jutland, North Jutland EE EE0 Estonia Estonia EL EL3 Attica Attica EL4 Nisia Aigaiou, Kriti North Aegean, South Aegean, Crete EL5 Voreia Ellada Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Central Macedonia, Western Macedonia, Epirus EL6 Kentriki Ellada Thessaly, Ionian Islands, Western Greece, Central Greece, Peloponnese ES ES1 North West Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria ES2 North East Basque Community, Navarre, La Rioja, Aragon ES3 Community of Madrid Community of Madrid ES4 Centre Castile and León, Castile-La Mancha, Extremadura ES5 East Catalonia, Valencian Community, Balearic Islands ES6 South Andalusia, Region of Murcia, Ceuta, Melilla ES7 Canary Islands Canary Islands FI FI1 Mainland Finland East Finland, South Finland, West Finland, North Finland FI2 Åland Åland FR FR1 Île-de-France Île-de-France FRB Centre-Val de Loire Centre-Val de Loire FRC Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Bourgogne, Franche-Comté FRD Normandy Lower Normandy, Upper Normandy FRE Hauts-de-France Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Picardy FRF Grand-Est Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne, Lorraine FRG Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire FRH Brittany Brittany FRI Nouvelle-Aquitaine Aquitaine, Limousin, Poitou-Charentes FRJ Occitanie Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi-Pyrénées FRK Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Auvergne, Rhône-Alpes FRL Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur FRM Corsica Corsica FRY Départements d'Outre Mer French Guiana, Guadeloupe (including Saint Martin), Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion HR HR0 Croatia Pannonian Croatia, Adriatic Croatia, City of Zagreb, Northern Croatia HU HU1 Central Hungary Central Hungary HU2 Transdanubia Central Transdanubia, Western Transdanubia, Southern Transdanubia HU3 Great Plain and North Northern Hungary, Northern Great Plain, Southern Great Plain IE IE0 Ireland Eastern and Midland Region, Northern and Western Region and Southern Region IT ITC North West Aosta Valley, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont ITH North East Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Veneto ITI Centre Lazio, Marche, Tuscany, Umbria ITF South Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise ITG Islands Sardinia, Sicily LT LT0 Lithuania Capital Region, Central and Western Lithuania Region LU LU0 Luxembourg Luxembourg LV LV0 Latvia Latvia MT MT0 Malta Malta NL NL1 North Netherlands Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe NL2 East Netherlands Overijssel, Gelderland, Flevoland NL3 West Netherlands Utrecht, North Holland, South Holland, Zeeland NL4 South Netherlands North Brabant, Limburg PL PL2 South Macroregion Lesser Poland, Silesian PL4 North-west Macroregion Greater Poland, Lubusz, West Pomeranian PL5 South-west Macroregion Lower Silesian, Opole PL6 North Macroregion Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Pomeranian, Warmian-Masurian PL7 Central Macroregion Holy Cross, Łódź PL8 East Macroregion Lublin, Podlaskie, Subcarpathian PL9 Masovian Macroregion Masovian Regional, Warsaw Capital PT PT1 Continental Portugal Norte, Algarve, Centro, Lisbon, Alentejo PT2 Azores Azores PT3 Madeira Madeira RO RO1 Macroregion One Nord-Vest, Centru RO2 Macroregion Two Nord-Est, Sud-Est RO3 Macroregion Three Sud – Muntenia, București – Ilfov RO4 Macroregion Four Sud-Vest Oltenia, Vest SE SE1 East Sweden Stockholm County, East Middle Sweden SE2 South Sweden Småland and the islands, South Sweden, West Sweden SE3 North Sweden North Middle Sweden, Middle Norrland, Upper Norrland SI SI0 Slovenia Eastern Slovenia, Western Slovenia SK SK0 Slovakia Bratislava Region, Western Slovakia, Central Slovakia, Eastern Slovakia
Former member states Below are the first-level NUTS regions of former member states of the European Union. Code Name Corresponding second-level NUTS Map UK UKC North East Tees Valley & Durham, Northumberland & Tyne and Wear UKD North West Cumbria, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside UKE Yorkshire and the Humber East Yorkshire & Northern Lincolnshire (Humberside), North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire UKF East Midlands Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire UKG West Midlands Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands UKH East of England East Anglia (Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk), Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex UKI Greater London Inner London – West, Inner London – East, Outer London – East and North East, Outer London – South, Outer London – West and North West UKJ South East Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent UKK South West Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Bristol, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly UKL Wales West Wales, The Valleys, East Wales UKM Scotland Eastern Scotland, South Western Scotland, North Eastern Scotland, Highlands and Islands UKN Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
EFTA member states Below are the first-level NUTS regions of EFTA. Code Name Corresponding second-level NUTS Map CH CH0 Switzerland Lake Geneva region, Espace Mittelland, Northwestern Switzerland, Canton of Zürich, Eastern Switzerland, Central Switzerland, Canton of Ticino IS IS0 Iceland Iceland LI LI0 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein NO NO0 Norway Oslo og Akershus, Innlandet, Sør-Østlandet, Agder og Rogaland, Vestlandet, Trøndelag, Nord-Norge
EU candidates
Below are the first-level NUTS regions of candidates of the European Union.
Code Name Corresponding second-level NUTS Map AL AL0 Albania Northern Albania, Central Albania, Southern Albania MD MD1 Moldova Western part (the right side of Dniester) and Eastern part (left side of Dniester). ME ME0 Montenegro Montenegro MK MK0 North Macedonia North Macedonia TR TR1 Istanbul Region Istanbul Subregion TR2 West Marmara Region Balıkesir Subregion, Tekirdağ Subregion TR3 Aegean Region Aydın Subregion, Izmir Subregion, Manisa Subregion TR4 East Marmara Region Bursa Subregion, Kocaeli Subregion TR5 West Anatolia Region Ankara Subregion, Konya Subregion TR6 Mediterranean Region Adana Subregion, Antalya Subregion, Hatay Subregion TR7 Central Anatolia Region Kayseri Subregion, Kırıkkale Subregion TR8 West Black Sea Region Kastamonu Subregion, Samsun Subregion, Zonguldak Subregion TR9 East Black Sea Region Trabzon Subregion TRA Northeast Anatolia Region Ağrı Subregion, Erzurum Subregion TRB Central East Anatolia Region Malatya Subregion, Van Subregion TRC Southeast Anatolia Region Gaziantep Subregion, Mardin Subregion, Şanlıurfa Subregion
See also Local government Regional policy of the European Union Region (Europe)
External links Europa – Eurostat – Regions Overview maps of the NUTS and Statistical Regions of Europe – Overview map of EU Countries – NUTS level 1 [Archive] The 104 NUTS-1 EU Regions of 2016 to present