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The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics ( NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of Switzerland for statistical purposes. [1] As a member of EFTA Switzerland is included in the NUTS standard, although the standard is developed and regulated by the European Union, [2] 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 Eurostat. Below these is a further levels of geographic organisation - the local administrative unit (LAU). In Switzerland, the LAUs are districts (LAU-1) and municipalities (LAU-2).

Overall

The three NUTS levels are:

Level Subdivisions #
NUTS-1 Entire Country 1
NUTS-2 Regions 7
NUTS-3 Cantons 26

NUTS codes

The NUTS codes are as follows:

Diagram of the National (NUTS-1) and Regional (NUTS-2) borders of Switzerland

NUTS 1 Code NUTS 2 Code NUTS 3 Code
   Switzerland CH0 Lake Geneva region CH01   Vaud CH011
  Valais CH012
  Geneva CH013
Espace Mittelland CH02   Berne CH021
  Fribourg CH022
  Solothurn CH023
  Neuchâtel CH024
  Jura CH025
Northwestern Switzerland CH03   Basel-Stadt CH031
  Basel-Landschaft CH032
  Aargau CH033
Zurich CH04   Zürich CH040
Eastern Switzerland CH05   Glarus CH051
  Schaffhausen CH052
  Appenzell Ausserrhoden CH053
  Appenzell Innerrhoden CH054
  St. Gallen CH055
  Grisons CH056
  Thurgau CH057
Central Switzerland CH06   Lucerne CH061
  Uri CH062
  Schwyz CH063
  Obwalden CH064
  Nidwalden CH065
  Zug CH066
Ticino CH07   Ticino CH070

Local Administrative Units

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

LAU-1: Districts

LAU-2: Municipalities

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Revision to the Irish NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions". cso.ie. Archived from the original on 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  2. ^ Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2066 of 21 November 2016 amending the annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)

See also

External links


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics ( NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of Switzerland for statistical purposes. [1] As a member of EFTA Switzerland is included in the NUTS standard, although the standard is developed and regulated by the European Union, [2] 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 Eurostat. Below these is a further levels of geographic organisation - the local administrative unit (LAU). In Switzerland, the LAUs are districts (LAU-1) and municipalities (LAU-2).

Overall

The three NUTS levels are:

Level Subdivisions #
NUTS-1 Entire Country 1
NUTS-2 Regions 7
NUTS-3 Cantons 26

NUTS codes

The NUTS codes are as follows:

Diagram of the National (NUTS-1) and Regional (NUTS-2) borders of Switzerland

NUTS 1 Code NUTS 2 Code NUTS 3 Code
   Switzerland CH0 Lake Geneva region CH01   Vaud CH011
  Valais CH012
  Geneva CH013
Espace Mittelland CH02   Berne CH021
  Fribourg CH022
  Solothurn CH023
  Neuchâtel CH024
  Jura CH025
Northwestern Switzerland CH03   Basel-Stadt CH031
  Basel-Landschaft CH032
  Aargau CH033
Zurich CH04   Zürich CH040
Eastern Switzerland CH05   Glarus CH051
  Schaffhausen CH052
  Appenzell Ausserrhoden CH053
  Appenzell Innerrhoden CH054
  St. Gallen CH055
  Grisons CH056
  Thurgau CH057
Central Switzerland CH06   Lucerne CH061
  Uri CH062
  Schwyz CH063
  Obwalden CH064
  Nidwalden CH065
  Zug CH066
Ticino CH07   Ticino CH070

Local Administrative Units

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

LAU-1: Districts

LAU-2: Municipalities

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Revision to the Irish NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions". cso.ie. Archived from the original on 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  2. ^ Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2066 of 21 November 2016 amending the annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)

See also

External links



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