NUTS:CH

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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 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
 SwitzerlandCH0 Lake Geneva regionCH01 VaudCH011
ValaisCH012
GenevaCH013
Espace MittellandCH02 BerneCH021
FribourgCH022
SolothurnCH023
NeuchâtelCH024
JuraCH025
Northwestern SwitzerlandCH03 Basel-StadtCH031
Basel-LandschaftCH032
AargauCH033
ZurichCH04 ZürichCH040
Eastern SwitzerlandCH05 GlarusCH051
SchaffhausenCH052
Appenzell AusserrhodenCH053
Appenzell InnerrhodenCH054
St. GallenCH055
GrisonsCH056
ThurgauCH057
Central SwitzerlandCH06 LucerneCH061
UriCH062
SchwyzCH063
ObwaldenCH064
NidwaldenCH065
ZugCH066
TicinoCH07 TicinoCH070

Local Administrative Units

Below the NUTS levels, there are Local Administrative Units (LAU)

Notes and references

See also