The NUTS codes of Greece are part of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, an official nomenclature of the European Commission used by Eurostat for statistical purposes.
Changes
In 2011, the NUTS1 code of Greece was changed from GR to EL. GR1 was changed to EL5, GR2 to EL6, GR3 to EL3 and GR4 to EL4. The change became official per European Commission regulation No. 31/2011. With regard to the transmission of data to Eurostat, the new codes entered into force by 1 January 2012.
Following the Kallikratis territorial reform, the NUTS regions of Greece were redefined. With the region of Epirus being reclassified as part of Voreia Ellada ("Northern Greece", former EL1), and the region of Thessaly in exchange going to Kentriki Ellada ("Central Greece", former EL2), new NUTS1 codes have been assigned to both regions. Apart from that, a number of third-level divisions have been changed. The changes became official in December 2013 by European Commission regulation No. 1319/2013. With regard to the transmission of data to Eurostat, the new codes entered into force on 1 January 2015.
NUTS levels
The three NUTS levels are as follows:
Level Subdivisions # NUTS 1 Groups of development regions 4 NUTS 2 Regions (Perifereies) 13 NUTS 3 Regional units or combinations thereof,sometimes equivalent to former Prefectures (Nomoi) 52
NUTS codes
Per 1 January 2015, the NUTS codes for Greece are as follows:
NUTS 1 Code NUTS 2 Code NUTS 3 CodeAttikiEL3AtticaEL30Northern AthensEL301Western AthensEL302Central AthensEL303Southern AthensEL304Eastern AtticaEL305Western AtticaEL306Piraeus, IslandsEL307Nisia Aigaiou, KritiEL4North AegeanEL41Lesbos, LemnosEL411Ikaria, SamosEL412ChiosEL413South AegeanEL42Kalymnos, Karpathos, Kos, Rhodes EL421Andros, Thira, Kea-Kythnos, Milos, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Syros, Tinos EL422CreteEL43HeraklionEL431LasithiEL432RethymnoEL433ChaniaEL434Voreia ElladaEL5Eastern Macedonia and ThraceEL51EvrosEL511XanthiEL512RhodopeEL513DramaEL514Thasos, KavalaEL515Central MacedoniaEL52ImathiaEL521ThessalonikiEL522KilkisEL523PellaEL524PieriaEL525SerresEL526ChalkidikiEL527Western MacedoniaEL53Grevena, KozaniEL531KastoriaEL532FlorinaEL533EpirusEL54Arta, PrevezaEL541ThesprotiaEL542IoanninaEL543Kentriki ElladaEL6ThessalyEL61Karditsa, TrikalaEL611LarissaEL612Magnesia, SporadesEL613Ionian IslandsEL62ZakynthosEL621CorfuEL622Ithaca, CephaloniaEL623LefkadaEL624Western GreeceEL63Aetolia-AcarnaniaEL631AchaeaEL632ElisEL633Central GreeceEL64BoeotiaEL641EuboeaEL642EvrytaniaEL643PhthiotisEL644PhocisEL645PeloponneseEL65Argolis, ArcadiaEL651KorinthiaEL652Laconia, MesseniaEL653
Local administrative units
Below the NUTS levels, the two LAU (Local Administrative Units) levels are:
Level Subdivisions # LAU 1 Municipalities (Dimoi) 1035 LAU 2 Municipal units, municipal communities, local units 6130
The LAU codes of Greece can be downloaded here:
See also Subdivisions of Greece ISO 3166-2 codes of Greece FIPS region codes of Greece
References
External links 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 ELLADA – NUTS level 2 ELLADA – NUTS level 3 Correspondence between the NUTS levels and the national administrative units List of current NUTS codes Download current NUTS codes (ODS format) Departments of Greece, Statoids.com