Correspondence tables
NUTS levels and the national administrative units
(last update 06/03/2024, based on NUTS 2024 and LAU 2022)
The information provided in the table below can also be downloaded.
NUTS regions (EU-27)
| NUTS 1 | # | NUTS 2 | # | NUTS 3 | # | LAU | # | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE | Gewesten / Régions | 3 | Provincies / Provinces | 11 | Arrondissementen / Arrondissements | 44 | Gemeenten / Communes | 581 |
| BG | Зони (Zoni)* | 2 | Райони (Rajoni)* | 6 | Области (Oblasti) |
28 | Общини (Obshtini) | 265 |
| CZ | Území* | 1 | Regiony soudržnosti* | 8 | Kraje | 14 | Obce | 6 258 |
| DK | - | 1 | Regioner | 5 | Landsdele* | 11 | Kommuner | 99 |
| DE | Länder | 16 | Regierungsbezirke* | 38 | Kreise, kreisfreie Städte | 400 | Gemeinden | 10 993 |
| EE | - | 1 | - | 1 | Maakondade grupid* | 5 | Linn, vald |
79 |
| IE | - | 1 | Regions* | 3 | Regional Authority Regions* | 8 | Local Electoral Areas | 166 |
| EL | Μεγάλες Γεωγραφικές Περιοχές (Megales Geografikes Perioches)* | 4 | Περιφέρειες (Periferies) |
13 | Ομάδες Περιφερειακών Eνοτήτων (Omades Periferiakon Enotiton)* | 52 | Δήμοι (Dimoi) | 6 142 |
| ES | Agrupacion de Comunidades Autónomas* | 7 | Comunidades Autónomas + Ciudades Autónomas | 19 | Provincias + Consejos insulares + Cabildos | 59 | Municipios | 8 131 |
| FR | Régions | 14 | Régions + Collectivités territoriales* | 27 | Départements | 101 | Communes | 34 956 |
| HR | - | 1 | Regija* | 4 | Županija | 21 | Gradovi i općine | 556 |
| IT | Gruppi di regioni* | 5 | Regioni | 21 | Province + Cittá Metropolitane | 107 | Comuni | 7 904 |
| CY | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | Δήμοι + Κοινότητες (Dimoi + koinotites) |
615 |
| LV | - | 1 | - | 1 | Statistiskie reģioni* | 5 | Valstspilsētas + novadi | 43 |
| LT | - | 1 | - | 2 | Apskritys | 10 | Savivaldybės | 60 |
| LU | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | Communes | 102 |
| HU | Statisztikai nagyrégiók* | 3 | Tervezési-statisztikai régiók* | 8 | Megyék | 20 | Települések | 3 155 |
| MT | - | 1 | - | 1 | Reġjuni* | 2 | Localities | 68 |
| NL | Landsdelen* | 4 | Provincies | 12 | COROP1 regions* | 40 | Gemeenten | 342 |
| AT | Gruppen von Bundesländern* | 3 | Länder | 9 | Gruppen von Gemeinden* | 35 | Gemeinden |
2 093 |
| PL | Makroregiony* | 7 | Województwa | 17 | Podregiony* | 73 | Gminy | 2 477 |
| PT | Continente + Regiões Autónomas | 3 | Grupos de Entidades Intermunicipais + Regiões Autónomas* | 9 | Entidades Intermunicipais + Regiões Autónomas | 26 | Freguesias | 3 092 |
| RO | Macroregiuni* | 4 | Regiuni | 8 | Județe | 42 | Municipii + Orase + Comune | 3 181 |
| SI | - | 1 | Kohezijske regije* | 2 | Statistične regije* | 12 | Občine | 212 |
| SK | - | 1 | Oblasti* | 4 | Kraje | 8 | Obce | 2 927 |
| FI | Manner-Suomi, Ahvenananmaa / Fasta Finland, Åland* | 2 | Suuralueet / Storområden* | 5 | Maakunnat / Landskap | 19 | Kunnat / Kommuner | 309 |
| SE | Grupper av riksområden | 3 | Riksområden* | 8 | Län | 21 | Kommuner | 290 |
Statistical regions (other countries)
| NUTS 1 | # | NUTS 2 | # | NUTS 3 | # | LAU | # | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IS | - | 1 | - | 1 | Hagskýrslu-svæði | 2 | Sveitarfélög | 64 |
| LI | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | Gemeinden | 11 |
| NO | - | 1 | Landsdeler | 7 | Fylker | 17 | Kommuner | 378 |
| CH | - | 1 | Grossregionen Grandes régions Grandi regioni |
7 | Kantone Cantons Cantoni |
26 | Gemeinden Communes Comuni |
2 163 |
| BA | Provisional agreement | Provisional agreement | Not yet agreed | Not yet available | ||||
| ME | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | Насеља (Naselja) |
- |
| MK | - | 1 | - | 1 | Статистички региони (Statistički regioni) |
8 | Општини (Opštini) | 80 |
| AL | - | 1 | - | 3 | Qarks | 12 | - | 61 |
| RS | Групе региона (Grupe regiona) | 2 | Региони (Regioni) | 4 | Окрузи (Okruzi) | 25 | - | - |
| TR | Bölgeler | 12 | Alt bölgeler | 26 | Iller | 81 | - | 973 |
| XK** | - | 1 | - | 1 | Окрузи (Okruzi) | 7 | Општини (Opštini) | 38 |
Abbreviations:
BE: Belgium, BG: Bulgaria, CZ: Czechia, DK: Denmark, DE: Germany, EE: Estonia, IE: Ireland, EL: Greece, ES: Spain, FR: France, HR: Croatia, IT: Italy, CY: Cyprus, LV: Latvia, LT: Lithuania, LU: Luxembourg, HU: Hungary, MT: Malta, NL: Netherlands, AT: Austria, PL: Poland, PT: Portugal, RO: Romania, SI: Slovenia, SK: Slovakia, FI: Finland, SE: Sweden
IS: Island, LI: Lichtenstein, NO: Norway, CH: Switzerland, BA: Bosnia and Herzegovina, ME: Montenegro, MK: North Macedonia, AL: Albania, RS: Serbia, TR: Türkiye, XK**: Kosovo
* Non-administrative units
** this designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.
1 COROP: Coördinatie Commissie Regionaal Onderzoeksprogramma (this commission delineated and updates the COROP-regions).
Postcodes and NUTS
All regional statistics at Eurostat refer to NUTS. However, some data collections use postcodes to reference the geographic location. Therefore, Eurostat has established a link between postcodes and NUTS level 3 codes in order to exploit information which originally is coded only by postcodes.
Various projects in Eurostat and other services of the Commission as well as the European Investment Bank have expressed their need for a link between postcodes and NUTS codes. The most important application at Eurostat is in transport statistics where the information is used to identify the flows of goods transport on roads. Another application is to geo-code address registers with the regional NUTS codes because postcodes are generally available as part of the address.