NUTS statistical regions of Switzerland

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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 municipalities.

Contents

Overall

The three NUTS levels are:

LevelSubdivisions#
NUTS-1 Entire Country 1
NUTS-2Regions7
NUTS-3 Cantons 26

NUTS codes

The NUTS codes are as follows:

Karte Grossregionen der Schweiz 2018.png

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

NUTS 1CodeNUTS 2CodeNUTS 3Code
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland CH0 Lake Geneva region CH01Flag of Canton of Vaud.svg  Vaud CH011
Flag of Canton of Valais.svg  Valais CH012
Flag of Canton of Geneva.svg  Geneva CH013
Espace Mittelland CH02Flag of Canton of Bern.svg  Berne CH021
Flag of Canton of Fribourg.svg  Fribourg CH022
Flag of Canton of Solothurn.svg  Solothurn CH023
Flag of Canton of Neuchatel.svg  Neuchâtel CH024
Flag of Canton of Jura.svg  Jura CH025
Northwestern Switzerland CH03Flag of Canton of Basel.svg  Basel-Stadt CH031
Flag of Canton of Basel Land.svg  Basel-Landschaft CH032
Flag of Canton of Aargau.svg  Aargau CH033
Zurich CH04Flag of Canton of Zurich.svg  Zürich CH040
Eastern Switzerland CH05Flag of Canton of Glarus.svg  Glarus CH051
Flag of Canton of Schaffhausen.svg  Schaffhausen CH052
Flag of Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden.svg  Appenzell Ausserrhoden CH053
Flag of Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden.svg  Appenzell Innerrhoden CH054
Flag of Canton of Sankt Gallen.svg  St. Gallen CH055
Flag of Canton of Graubunden.svg  Grisons CH056
Flag of Canton of Thurgau.svg  Thurgau CH057
Central Switzerland CH06Flag of Canton of Lucerne.svg  Lucerne CH061
Flag of Canton of Uri.svg  Uri CH062
Flag of Canton of Schwyz.svg  Schwyz CH063
Flag of Canton of Obwalden.svg  Obwalden CH064
Flag of Canton of Nidwalden.svg  Nidwalden CH065
Flag of Canton of Zug.svg  Zug CH066
Ticino CH07Flag of Canton of Ticino.svg  Ticino CH070

Local Administrative Units

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

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)

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