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The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of Germany for statistical purposes. [1] The standard is developed and regulated by the European Union. [2] The NUTS standard is instrumental in delivering the European Union's Structural Funds. The NUTS code for Germany is DE 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 Germany the LAUs 1 is collective municipalities, and the LAU 2 is municipalities.
Level | Subdivisions | # |
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NUTS 1 | States (Länder) | 16 |
NUTS 2 | Government regions (Regierungsbezirke) (or equivalent) | 38 |
NUTS 3 | Districts (Kreise) | 400 |
LAU 1 | Collective municipalities (Verwaltungsgemeinschaften) | 1344 |
LAU 2 | Municipalities (Gemeinden) | 10753 |
In the 2003 version, before the abolition of the government regions in Sachsen-Anhalt, the codes were as follows
Changes [4]
Changes from 2006 to 2010
Changes from 2010 to 2013
Changes from 2013 to 2016: [5]
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or NUTS is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative divisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard, adopted in 2003, is developed and regulated by the European Union, and thus only covers the EU member states in detail. The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics is instrumental in the European Union's Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund delivery mechanisms and for locating the area where goods and services subject to European public procurement legislation are to be delivered.
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