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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 districts (LAU-1) and municipalities (LAU-2).
The three NUTS levels are:
Level | Subdivisions | # |
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NUTS-1 | Entire Country | 1 |
NUTS-2 | Regions | 7 |
NUTS-3 | Cantons | 26 |
The NUTS codes are as follows:
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NUTS 1 | Code | NUTS 2 | Code | NUTS 3 | Code |
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CH0 | Lake Geneva region | CH01 | ![]() |
CH011 |
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CH012 | ||||
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CH013 | ||||
Espace Mittelland | CH02 | ![]() |
CH021 | ||
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CH022 | ||||
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CH023 | ||||
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CH024 | ||||
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CH025 | ||||
Northwestern Switzerland | CH03 | ![]() |
CH031 | ||
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CH032 | ||||
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CH033 | ||||
Zurich | CH04 | ![]() |
CH040 | ||
Eastern Switzerland | CH05 | ![]() |
CH051 | ||
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CH052 | ||||
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CH053 | ||||
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CH054 | ||||
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CH055 | ||||
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CH056 | ||||
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CH057 | ||||
Central Switzerland | CH06 | ![]() |
CH061 | ||
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CH062 | ||||
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CH063 | ||||
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CH064 | ||||
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CH065 | ||||
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CH066 | ||||
Ticino | CH07 | ![]() |
CH070 |
Below the NUTS levels, there are two Local Administrative Units (LAU) levels
Main article: Districts of Switzerland |
Main article: Municipalities of Switzerland |