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Table of Contents Page Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 7 Table 1: Correspondence between the NUTS levels and the national administrative units ..................................14 Table 2: Area of the regions (km2) ....................................................................................................... 16 Table 3: Population of the regions 2005 (1,000) .......................................................................................17 Belgique / België ....................................................................................................................... 20 Bulgarija ................................................................................................................................... 24 Česká republika ........................................................................................................................ 29 Danmark ................................................................................................................................... 32 Deutschland ............................................................................................................................. 35 Eesti ......................................................................................................................................... 54 Éire/Ireland ............................................................................................................................... 57 Elláda ....................................................................................................................................... 60 España ..................................................................................................................................... 66 France ...................................................................................................................................... 71 Italia ......................................................................................................................................... 77 Kypros / Kıbrıs ........................................................................................................................... 83 Latvija ...................................................................................................................................... 86 Lietuva ..................................................................................................................................... 89 Luxembourg ............................................................................................................................. 92 Magyarország ........................................................................................................................... 95 Malta ........................................................................................................................................ 98 Nederland ................................................................................................................................ 101 Österreich ................................................................................................................................ 105 Polska ..................................................................................................................................... 109 Portugal .................................................................................................................................. 114 România .................................................................................................................................. 118 Slovenija .................................................................................................................................. 122 Regions in the European Union– Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics –NUTS 2006 /EU-27 5 Slovenská republika ................................................................................................................. 125 Suomi / Finland ........................................................................................................................ 128 Sverige .................................................................................................................................... 131 United Kingdom ....................................................................................................................... 134 Annex I ................................................................................................................................... 147 Aneex II ................................................................................................................................... 153 6 Regions in the European Union– Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics –NUTS 2006 /EU-27 NACE:Introduction Introduction and background chapter 1 Introduction Introduction Some NUTS regions appear at several levels (example: Luxembourg appears as the country and at levels 1, 2 and 3). In this case, codes end in zero for a region with The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics identical territory at the next lower level. The labels need (NUTS) was introduced by Eurostat more than 30 years ago in order to provide a single uniform breakdown of not be identical at the different levels even if the regions territorial units for the production of regional statistics for concerned cover identical territory. the European Union. Depending on the variable concerned, regional statistical The NUTS classification has been used in Community data at one or more of the 3 NUTS levels is available in legislation since 1988,1 but it was only in 2003, after three publications and databases. Many variables and time series years of preparation, that a Regulation of the European for regional data in different domains are available on the Parliament and of the Council on NUTS was adopted.2 Internet in the New Cronos data base. From 1 May 2004, the regions of the 10 new Member States were added and from 1 January 2007 the regions of Bulgaria and Romania. A particularly important goal Basic principles of the Regulation is to manage the inevitable process of change in the administrative structures of Member States The NUTS nomenclature was created and developed in the smoothest possible way, so as to minimise the impact according to the following principles: of such changes on the availability and comparability of regional statistics. Enlargements of the Union will render a) The NUTS favours institutional breakdowns. this objective all the more vital. Different criteria may be