NUTS statistical regions of Switzerland

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