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.

Overall

The three NUTS levels are:

Level Subdivisions #
NUTS-1 Entire Country 1
NUTS-2 Regions 7
NUTS-3 Cantons 26

NUTS codes

The 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

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

Main article: Municipalities of Switzerland

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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