ISSN 1977-0375 KS-RA-11-011-EN-N Union Regions in the European M ethodologies & Working papers Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics NUTS 2010/EU-27 NUTS statistics units for of territorial Nomenclature Regions in the European Union Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics NUTS 2010/EU-27 2011 edition 978-92-79-18521-2 20 11 edition 9 789279 185212 How to obtain EU publications Free publications: • via EU Bookshop (http://bookshop.europa.eu); • at the European Union’s representations or delegations. You can obtain their contact details on the Internet (http://ec.europa.eu) or by sending a fax to +352 2929-42758. Priced publications: • via EU Bookshop (http://bookshop.europa.eu). 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Printed in Luxembourg PRINTED ON ELEMENTAL CHLORINE-FREE BLEACHED PAPER (ECF) Content Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................... 5 European Union .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Belgium .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Bulgaria .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 19 Czech Republic .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Denmark ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 26 Germany ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 29 Estonia .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Ireland..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 51 Greece .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 54 Spain ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 60 France ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 65 Italy .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 71 Cyprus ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 78 Latvia....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 81 Lithuania ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 84 Luxembourg ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 87 Hungary ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 90 Malta ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 93 Netherlands .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 96 Austria .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 100 Poland ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 104 Portugal ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 109 Romania ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 113 Slovenia .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 116 Slovakia .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 119 Finland .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 122 Sweden .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 125 United Kingdom ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 128 ANNEX 1 ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 138 ANNEX 2 ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 143 eurostat Regions in the European Union 3 Introduction Introduction Basic principles The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) The NUTS nomenclature was created and developed was drawn up by Eurostat more than 30 years ago in order according to the following principles: to provide a single uniform breakdown of territorial units for the production of regional statistics for the European a) NUTS favours institutional breakdowns. Union. The NUTS classification has been used in EU 1 Different criteria may be used in subdividing national legislation since 1988,( ) but it was only in 2003, after three territory into regions. These are normally divided into years of preparation, that a European Parliament and normative and analytical criteria: Council Regulation on NUTS was adopted.(2) • normative regions are the expression of political A particularly important goal of the Regulation is to minimise will; their limits are fixed according