NUTS statistical regions of Germany

The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of Germany for statistical purposes.^[1] The standard is developed and regulated by the European Union.^[2] 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 (LAU). In Germany the LAUs 1 is collective municipalities, and the LAU 2 is municipalities.

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Level	Subdivisions	#
NUTS 1	States (Länder)	16
NUTS 2	Government regions (Regierungsbezirke) (or equivalent)	38
NUTS 3	Districts (Kreise)	400
LAU 1	Collective municipalities (Verwaltungsgemeinschaften)	1344
LAU 2	Municipalities (Gemeinden)	10753

NUTS statistical regions of Germany

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NUTS codes

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