Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics

Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (or NUTS from French, Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques) is classification in a hierarchical system for dividing up the economic territory of the EU for the purpose of:


 * The collection, development and harmonisation of EU regional statistics,
 * Socio-economic analyses of the regions,
 * Framing of EU regional policies.


 * Subdivisions
 * NUTS 1: major socio-economic regions
 * NUTS 2: basic regions for the application of regional policies
 * NUTS 3: small regions for specific diagnoses