NUTS statistical regions of Germany


The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of Germany for statistical purposes. The standard is developed and regulated by the European Union. The NUTS standard is instrumental in delivering the European Union's Structural Funds. The NUTS code for Germany is DE and a hierarchy of three levels is established by Eurostat. Below these is a further levels of geographic organisation – the local administrative unit. In Germany the LAUs 1 is collective municipalities, and the LAU 2 is municipalities.

NUTS codes

Older version

In the 2003 version, before the abolition of the government regions in Sachsen-Anhalt, the codes were as follows
Changes
Changes from 2006 to 2010
  • BRANDENBURG merged from two regions
  • SAXONY restructured after 2008 redistricting legislation
Changes from 2010 to 2013
  • MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN completely restructured and merged districts
Changes from 2013 to 2016: