NUTS statistical regions of the Czech Republic

The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of the Czech Republic 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 the Czech Republic is CZ 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 the Czech Republic, the LAU 1 is districts and the LAU 2 is municipalities.

Overall

Level	Subdivisions	#
NUTS 1	Whole Country	1
NUTS 2	Cohesion region (Region soudržnosti)	8
NUTS 3	Region (Kraj)	14

NUTS codes

NUTS 1	Code	NUTS 2	Code	NUTS 3	Code
Czech Republic	CZ0	Prague	CZ01	Prague	CZ010
		Střední Čechy (Central Bohemia)	CZ02	Central Bohemian Region	CZ020
		Jihozápad (Southwest)	CZ03	South Bohemian Region	CZ031
		Jihozápad (Southwest)	CZ03	Plzeň Region	CZ032
		Severozápad (Northwest)	CZ04	Karlovy Vary Region	CZ041
		Severozápad (Northwest)	CZ04	Ústí nad Labem Region	CZ042
		Severovýchod (Northeast)	CZ05	Liberec Region	CZ051
				Hradec Králové Region	CZ052
				Pardubice Region	CZ053
		Jihovýchod (Southeast)	CZ06	Vysočina Region	CZ063
		Jihovýchod (Southeast)	CZ06	South Moravian Region	CZ064
		Střední Morava (Central Moravia)	CZ07	Olomouc Region	CZ071
		Střední Morava (Central Moravia)	CZ07	Zlín Region	CZ072
		Moravskoslezsko (Moravian-Silesian)	CZ08	Moravian-Silesian Region	CZ080

In the 2003 version, the Vysočina Region was coded CZ061, and the South Moravian Region was coded CZ062.

Local administrative units

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

Level	Subdivisions	#
LAU 1	Districts (Okresy) and Prague	77
LAU 2	Municipalities (Obce)	6254

The LAU codes of the Czech Republic can be downloaded here: [1]

References

^ "Revision to the Irish NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions". cso.ie. Archived from the original on 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
^ Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2066 of 21 November 2016 amending the annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)

Sources

Hierarchical list of the Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics - NUTS and the Statistical regions of Europe
Overview map of EU Countries - NUTS level 1
Correspondence between the NUTS levels and the national administrative units
List of current NUTS codes Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Download current NUTS codes (ODS format) Archived 2015-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
Regions of the Czech Republic, Statoids.com
Districts of the Czech Republic, Statoids.com

External links

[1] "Revision to the Irish NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions". cso.ie. Archived from the original on 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2021-06-07.

[2] Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2066 of 21 November 2016 amending the annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)

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