The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of Estonia 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 Estonia is EE 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 Estonia, the LAU 1 is counties and the LAU 2 are municipalities.
Level | Subdivisions | # |
---|---|---|
NUTS 1 | — | 1 |
NUTS 2 | — | 1 |
NUTS 3 | Groups of counties (Groups of Maakond) | 5 |
Below the NUTS levels, the two LAU (Local Administrative Units) levels are:
Level | Subdivisions | # |
---|---|---|
LAU 1 | Counties (Maakond) | 15 |
LAU 2 | Municipalities (Vald, linn) | 79 |
The LAU codes of Estonia can be downloaded here: [1]
NUTS 1 | Code | NUTS 2 | Code | NUTS 3 | Code |
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Estonia | EE0 | Estonia | EE00 | Põhja-Eesti | EE001 |
Lääne-Eesti | EE004 | ||||
Kesk-Eesti | EE006 | ||||
Kirde-Eesti | EE007 | ||||
Lõuna-Eesti | EE008 |