NUTS is a hierarchical classification of spatial units that provides a breakdown of the European Union’s territory for producing regional statistics that are comparable across the Union.
Coverage
This product contains the LAU2 code (9-character ward code for England and Wales, 'S31' code for Scotland and, currently, the 10-character Eurostat code for Northern Ireland).
The NUTS 1-3 codes are current to 2015 and a summary of the structure, including the numbers of areas for each country at each level, is shown below.
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Northern Ireland |
Total |
NUTS1 |
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12 |
NUTS2 |
Individual Counties
or groups of Counties / London/ Boroughs/
Metropolitan Districts/ Unitary Authorities
(30) |
Groups of Unitary
Authorities (2) |
Groups of whole /
part Unitary Authorities and or Local
Enterprise company areas (4) |
Country (1) |
37 |
NUTS3 |
Individual Counties
/ Unitary Authorities or groups of Counties
/ London Boroughs / Metropolitan Districts /
Unitary Authorities / County districts (99) |
Groups of Unitary
Authorities (12) |
Groups of whole /
part Unitary Authorities and or Local
Enterprise company areas (23) |
Groups of district
Unitary Authorities (5) |
139 |
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Supply Format
The data is supplied as a Comma
Separated Variable (CSV) delimited text file using double quotes by default. This field
format will open very easily using
almost any software application including but not limited to Excel, Word, Notepad, Access,
SQL etc. Due to the size of the file,
older versions of Excel may not be an option as Excel limits any file size
to around 65,000 rows / records.
Delivery
The Postcode NUTS data is by default emailed at the time of
order using a secure download link delivery method. If you require the
data supplied in another format then we will be more than happy to accommodate you where
reasonable to do so at no extra cost.
Licensing
The Postcode NUTS list is licensed
annually for each user that has access to it.
Contains Ordnance Survey and
Royal Mail data © Crown copyright
Updates
The file is updated every three months and free
updates will be made available to you so long as your licence remains current.