Croatia (HR) is included in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) of the European Union. The NUTS of Croatia were defined during the Accession of Croatia to the European Union, codified by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics in early 2007. [1] The regions were revised twice, first in 2012, and then in 2021.
The three NUTS levels are: [2]
The NUTS codes are as follows: [2]
NUTS 1 | Code | NUTS 2 | Code | NUTS 3 | Code |
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Croatia | HR0 | Panonska Hrvatska (Pannonian Croatia) | HR02 | Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija (County of Bjelovar-Bilogora) | HR021 |
Virovitičko-podravska županija (County of Virovitica-Podravina) | HR022 | ||||
Požeško-slavonska županija (County of Požega-Slavonia) | HR023 | ||||
Brodsko-posavska županija (County of Brod-Posavina) | HR024 | ||||
Osječko-baranjska županija (County of Osijek-Baranja) | HR025 | ||||
Vukovarsko-srijemska županija (County of Vukovar-Srijem) | HR026 | ||||
Karlovačka županija (County of Karlovac) | HR027 | ||||
Sisačko-moslavačka županija (County of Sisak-Moslavina) | HR028 | ||||
Jadranska Hrvatska (Adriatic Croatia) | HR03 | Primorsko-goranska županija (County of Primorje-Gorski Kotar) | HR031 | ||
Ličko-senjska županija (County of Lika-Senj) | HR032 | ||||
Zadarska županija (County of Zadar) | HR033 | ||||
Šibensko-kninska županija (County of Šibenik-Knin) | HR034 | ||||
Splitsko-dalmatinska županija (County of Split-Dalmatia) | HR035 | ||||
Istarska županija (County of Istria) | HR036 | ||||
Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija (County of Dubrovnik-Neretva) | HR037 | ||||
Grad Zagreb (City of Zagreb) | HR05 | Grad Zagreb (City of Zagreb) | HR050 | ||
Sjeverna Hrvatska (Northern Croatia) | HR06 | Međimurska županija (County of Međimurje) | HR061 | ||
Varaždinska županija (County of Varaždin) | HR062 | ||||
Koprivničko-križevačka županija (County of Koprivnica-Križevci) | HR063 | ||||
Krapinsko-zagorska županija (County of Krapina-Zagorje) | HR064 | ||||
Zagrebačka županija (County of Zagreb) | HR065 |
Below the NUTS levels, there is the LAU level. These are the Croatian Cities and municipalities (Gradovi i općine). [3]
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