Annex 1 REGIONS OF THE EU

The NUTS nomenclature (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics) is a five-level hierarchical classification (three regional levels and two local levels) drawn up by Eurostat to provide a single uniform breakdown of territorial units for the production of Community regional statistics, for socio-economic analyses of the regions and for the framing of Community regional policies. Although it has no official standing, it has been used in Community legislation since 1988.

NUTS subdivides each Member State into a number of NUTS 1 regions, each of which is in turn subdivided into a number of NUTS 2 regions and so on. The administrative structure of the Member States generally comprises two main regional levels (e.g. Länder and Kreise in Germany, régions and départements in France).

NUTS is defined only for the 15 Member States of the European Union. There is a coding which resembles NUTS for the other countries of the European Economic Area (EEA) and for Switzerland. Eurostat has also defined a nomenclature of statistical regions for the 10 central and eastern European candidate countries. It is to publish a new, updated version of “Statistical regions for the Central European Countries” and the nomenclature of the regions in the EFTA countries in 1999.

In its current version, valid from 1998 onwards, NUTS subdivides the economic territory of the European Union into 78 regions at NUTS 1 level, 210 regions at NUTS 2 level and 1093 regions at NUTS 3 level. The NUTS 4 level is defined only for Finland, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and the United Kingdom. The NUTS 5 level consists of 98 433 municipalities or their equivalent (1991 situation). See the table below for the names of the units at these five levels.

Note that NUTS itself, as an autonomous nomenclature, does not admit of translation. For countries other than the UK and Ireland, therefore, English renderings of either the units themselves or entities within them have no official status vis-à-vis the nomenclature and reflect only standard English-speaking practice.

Correspondence between NUTS levels and national administrative units

	NUTS 1	NUTS 2	NUTS 3	NUTS 4	NUTS 5
BE	Régions Regionen	Provinces Provincies	Arrondissements Arrondissementen	-	Communes Gemeenten
DK	-	-	Amter	-	Kommuner
DE	Länder	Regierungsbezirke	Kreise	-	Gemeinden
GR	Groups of development regions	Development regions	Nomoi	Eparchies	Dimoi / Koinotites
ES	Agrupación de comunidades autonómas	Comunidades autónomas + Ceuta y Mellila	Provincias + Ceuta y Mellila	-	Municipios
FR	Z.E.A.T + DOM	Régions + DOM	Départements + DOM	-	Communes
IE	-	-	Regional Authority Regions	Counties / County boroughs	DEDs / Wards
IT	Gruppi di regioni	Regioni	Provincie	-	Comuni
LU	-	-	-	Cantons	Communes
NL	Landsdelen	Provincies	COROP regio's	-	Gemeenten
AT	Gruppen von Bundesländern	Bundesländer	Gruppen von Politischen Bezirken	-	Gemeinden
PT	Continente + Regiões autónomas	Comissões de coordenação regional + Regiões autónomas	Grupos de Concelhos	Concelhos - municípios	Freguesias
FI	Manner-Suomi / Ahvenanmaa	Suuralueet	Maakunnat	Seutukunnat	Kunnat
SE	-	Riksområden	Län	-	Kommuner
UK:
England	Government Office Regions	Counties (some grouped); Inner and Outer London	Upper tier authorities or groups of lower tier authorities (unitary authorities or districts)	Lower tier authorities (districts) or individual unitary authorities	Wards
Wales	Country	Groups of unitary authorities	Groups of unitary authorities	Individual unitary authorities	Wards
Scotland	Country	Groups of unitary authorities or LECs	Groups of unitary authorities or LECs (or parts thereof)	Individual unitary authorities or LECs (or parts thereof)	Wards (or parts thereof)
N. Ireland	Country	Country	Groups of districts	Districts	Wards

The following list includes NUTS 1 (bold) and NUTS 2 (regular, italic) regions. Generally speaking, NUTS 3 regions are not anglicised.

BELGIQUE-BELGIË2	BELGIUM
Région Bruxelles capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	Brussels Region
Vlaams Gewest	Flemish Region
Antwerpen	Antwerp
Limburg	Limburg
Oost-Vlaanderen	East Flanders
Vlaams-Brabant	Flemish Brabant
West-Vlaanderen	West Flanders
Région Wallonne	Walloon Region
Brabant Wallon	Walloon Brabant
Hainaut	Hainaut
Liège	Liège
Luxembourg	Luxembourg
Namur	Namur
DANMARK	DENMARK
(Single region) Note on Danish counties.Since the local government reform in 1970, the 14 Danish counties (amtskommuner, amter or sekundærkommuner) have been: Copenhagen, Frederiksborg, Roskilde, West Zealand (Vestsjaelland), Bornholm, Storstrøm, Fyn, Ribe, South Jutland (Sønderjylland), Vejle, Ringkøbing, Viborg, North Jutland (Nordjylland) and Aarhus. There are 273 kommuner (or primærkommuner); suggested rendering: district authority, district. The hovestadsregion (metropolitan region) consists of the districts Copenhagen and Frederiksberg and the counties of Frederiksborg and Roskilde.
DEUTSCHLAND	GERMANY
Baden-Württemberg	Baden-Württemberg
Stuttgart	Stuttgart
Karlsruhe	Karlsruhe
Freiburg	Freiburg
Tübingen	Tübingen
Bayern	Bavaria
Oberbayern	Upper Bavaria
Niederbayern	Lower Bavaria
Oberpfalz	Oberpfalz
Oberfranken	Oberfranken
Mittelfranken	Mittelfranken
Unterfranken	Unterfranken
Schwaben	Swabia
Berlin	Berlin
Brandenburg	Brandenburg
Bremen	Bremen
Hamburg	Hamburg
Hessen	Hessen
Darmstadt	Darmstadt
Giessen	Giessen
Kassel	Kassel
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Niedersachsen	Lower Saxony
Braunschweig	Braunschweig
Hannover	Hannover
Lüneburg	Lüneburg
Weser-Ems	Weser-Ems
Nordrhein-Westfalen	North Rhine-Westphalia
Düsseldorf	Düsseldorf
Köln	Cologne
Münster	Münster
Detmold	Detmold
Arnsberg	Arnsberg
Rheinland-Pfalz	Rhineland-Palatinate
Koblenz	Koblenz
Trier	Trier
Rheinhessen-Pfalz	Rheinhessen-Pfalz
Saarland	Saarland
Sachsen	Saxony
Sachsen-Anhalt	Saxony-Anhalt
Dessau	Dessau
Halle	Halle
Magdeburg	Magdeburg
Schleswig-Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein
Thüringen	Thuringia
ELLADA	GREECE
Voria Ellada	North Greece
Anatoliki Makedonia	East Macedonia
Thraki	Thrace
Kentriki Makedonia	Central Macedonia
Ditiki Makedonia	West Macedonia
Thessalia	Thessaly
Kendriki Ellada	Central Greece
Ipiros	Epirus
Ionia Nisia	Ionian Islands
Ditiki Ellada	Western Greece
Sterea Ellada	Continental Greece
Peloponnisos	Peloponnese
Attiki	Attica
Nisia Eyeou, Kriti	Aegean Islands, Crete
Vorio Eyeo	North Aegean
Notio Eyeo	South Aegean
Kriti	Crete
ESPAÑA	SPAIN
Noroeste	North-West
Galicia	Galicia
Asturias	Asturias
Cantabria	Cantabria
Noreste	North-East
País Vasco	Basque Country
Navarra	Navarre
Rioja	Rioja
Aragón	Aragon
Madrid	Madrid
Centro	Centre
Castilla y León	Castile-Leon
Castilla-La Mancha	Castile-La Mancha
Extremadura	Extremadura
Este	East
Cataluña	Catalonia
Comunidad Valenciana	Valencia
Islas Baleares	Balearic Islands
Sur	South
Andalucía	Andalusia
Murcia	Murcia
Ceuta y Mellila	Ceuta-Melilla
Canarias	Canary Islands
FRANCE	FRANCE
Île-de-France	Île-de-France
Bassin parisien	Paris basin
Champagne-Ardenne	Champagne-Ardenne
Picardie	Picardy
Haute-Normandie	Upper Normandy
Centre	Centre
Basse-Normandie	Lower Normandy
Bourgogne	Burgundy
Nord-Pas-de-Calais	Nord/Pas-de-Calais
Est	East
Lorraine	Lorraine
Alsace	Alsace
Franche-Comté	Franche-Comté
Ouest	West
Pays de la Loire	Loire Region
Bretagne	Brittany
Poitou-Charentes	Poitou-Charentes
Sud-Ouest	South-West
Aquitaine	Aquitaine
Midi-Pyrénées	Midi-Pyrénées
Limousin	Limousin
Centre-Est	Centre-East
Rhône-Alpes	Rhône-Alpes
Auvergne	Auvergne
Méditerranée	Mediterranean
Languedoc-Roussillon	Languedoc-Roussillon
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA)	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Corse	Corsica
Départements d'outre-mer (DOM)	Overseas Departments3
Guadeloupe	Guadeloupe
Martinique	Martinique
Guyane	French Guiana
Réunion	Réunion
IRELAND
Border, Midlands and Western
Southern and Eastern
ITALIA	ITALY
Nord Ovest	North-West
Piemonte	Piedmont
Valle d'Aosta	Valle d'Aosta
Liguria	Liguria
Lombardia	Lombardy
Nord Est	North-East
Trentino-Alto Adige	Trentino-Alto Adige
Veneto	Veneto4
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Emilia-Romagna	Emilia-Romagna
Centro	Centre
Toscana	Tuscany
Umbria	Umbria
Marche	Marche
Lazio	Lazio
Abruzzo-Molise	Abruzzi-Molise
Abruzzo	Abruzzi
Molise	Molise
Campania	Campania
Sud	South
Puglia	Apulia
Basilicata	Basilicata
Calabria	Calabria
Sicilia	Sicily
Sardegna	Sardinia
LUXEMBOURG5	LUXEMBOURG
NEDERLAND	THE NETHERLANDS
Noord-Nederland	North Netherlands
Groningen	Groningen
Friesland	Friesland
Drenthe	Drenthe
Oost-Nederland	East Netherlands
Overijssel	Overijssel
Gelderland	Gelderland
Flevoland	Flevoland
West-Nederland	West Netherlands
Utrecht	Utrecht
Noord-Holland	North Holland
Zuid-Holland	South Holland
Zeeland	Zeeland
Zuid-Nederland	South Netherlands
Noord-Brabant	North Brabant
Limburg	Limburg
ÖSTERREICH	AUSTRIA
Ostösterreich	East Austria
Burgenland	Burgenland
Niederösterreich	Lower Austria
Wien	Vienna
Südösterreich	South Austria
Kärnten	Carinthia
Steiermark	Styria
Westösterreich	West Austria
Oberösterreich	Upper Austria
Salzburg	Salzburg
Tirol	Tyrol6
Vorarlberg	Vorarlberg
PORTUGAL	PORTUGAL
Continente	Continental Portugal
Norte	North
Centro	Centre
Lisboa e Vale do Tejo (LVT)	Lisboa e Vale do Tejo
Alentejo	Alentejo
Algarve	Algarve7
Açores	Azores
Madeira	Madeira
SUOMI/FINLAND	FINLAND
Manner-Suomi	Continental Finland
Uusimaa	Uusimaa
Etelä-Suomi	South Finland
Itä-Suomi	East Finland
Väli-Suomi	Central Finland
Pohjois-Suomi	North Finland
Ahvenanmaa/Åland	Åland Islands
SVERIGE	SWEDEN
Stockholm	Stockholm
Östra Mellansverige	East-Central Sweden
Småland med öarna	Småland and islands
Sydsverige	South Sweden
Västsverige	West Sweden
Norra Mellansverige	North-Central Sweden
Mellersta Norrland	Central Norrland
Övre Norrland	Upper Norrland
UNITED KINGDOM
North
Yorkshire and Humberside
East Midlands
East Anglia
South-East
South-West
West Midlands
North-West
Wales
Scotland8
Northern Ireland

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