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.
Overall
editThe three NUTS levels are:
| Level | Subdivisions | # |
|---|---|---|
| NUTS-1 | Entire Country | 1 |
| NUTS-2 | Regions | 7 |
| NUTS-3 | Cantons | 26 |
NUTS codes
editThe NUTS codes are as follows:
Diagram of the National (NUTS-1) and Regional (NUTS-2) borders of Switzerland | |||||
| NUTS 1 | Code | NUTS 2 | Code | NUTS 3 | Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Switzerland |
CH0 | Lake Geneva region | CH01 |  Vaud |
CH011 |
 Valais |
CH012 | ||||
 Geneva |
CH013 | ||||
| Espace Mittelland | CH02 |  Berne |
CH021 | ||
 Fribourg |
CH022 | ||||
 Solothurn |
CH023 | ||||
 Neuchâtel |
CH024 | ||||
 Jura |
CH025 | ||||
| Northwestern Switzerland | CH03 |  Basel-Stadt |
CH031 | ||
 Basel-Landschaft |
CH032 | ||||
 Aargau |
CH033 | ||||
| Zurich | CH04 |  Zürich |
CH040 | ||
| Eastern Switzerland | CH05 |  Glarus |
CH051 | ||
 Schaffhausen |
CH052 | ||||
 Appenzell Ausserrhoden |
CH053 | ||||
 Appenzell Innerrhoden |
CH054 | ||||
 St. Gallen |
CH055 | ||||
 Grisons |
CH056 | ||||
 Thurgau |
CH057 | ||||
| Central Switzerland | CH06 |  Lucerne |
CH061 | ||
 Uri |
CH062 | ||||
 Schwyz |
CH063 | ||||
 Obwalden |
CH064 | ||||
 Nidwalden |
CH065 | ||||
 Zug |
CH066 | ||||
| Ticino | CH07 |  Ticino |
CH070 | ||
Local Administrative Units
editBelow the NUTS levels, there are Local Administrative Units (LAU)
Notes and references
edit- ^ "Revision to the Irish NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions". cso.ie. Archived from the original on 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
- ^ 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)
See also
editExternal links
edit- Hierarchical list of the Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics - NUTS and the Statistical regions of Europe
- Overview map of EFTA countries - Statistical regions at level 1
- Correspondence between the regional levels and the national administrative units
- Cantons of Switzerland, Statoids.com
