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 followsChanges
Changes from 2006 to 2010
- BRANDENBURG merged from two regions
- SAXONY restructured after 2008 redistricting legislation
- MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN completely restructured and merged districts