NUTS statistical regions of Greece
# NUTS statistical regions of Greece

The NUTS codes of Greece are part of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, an official nomenclature of the European Commission used by Eurostat for statistical purposes.

## Changes

In 2011, the NUTS1 code of Greece was changed from GR to EL. GR1 was changed to EL5, GR2 to EL6, GR3 to EL3 and GR4 to EL4. The change became official per European Commission regulation No. 31/2011. With regard to the transmission of data to Eurostat, the new codes entered into force by 1 January 2012.

Following the Kallikratis territorial reform, the NUTS regions of Greece were redefined. With the region of Epirus being reclassified as part of Voreia Ellada ("Northern Greece", former EL1), and the region of Thessaly in exchange going to Kentriki Ellada ("Central Greece", former EL2), new NUTS1 codes have been assigned to both regions. Apart from that, a number of third-level divisions have been changed. The changes became official in December 2013 by European Commission regulation No. 1319/2013. With regard to the transmission of data to Eurostat, the new codes entered into force on 1 January 2015.

## NUTS levels

The three NUTS levels are as follows:

| Level | Subdivisions | # |
| - | - | - |
| NUTS 1 | Groups of development regions | 4 |
| NUTS 2 | Regions (Perifereies) | 13 |
| NUTS 3 | Regional units or combinations thereof, sometimes equivalent to former Prefectures (Nomoi) | 74 |

## NUTS codes

Per 1 January 2015, the NUTS codes for Greece are as follows:

| NUTS 1 | Code | NUTS 2 | Code | NUTS 3 | Code |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Attiki | EL3 | Attica | EL30 | Northern Athens | EL301 |
| Attiki | EL3 | Attica | EL30 | Western Athens | EL302 |
| Attiki | EL3 | Attica | EL30 | Central Athens | EL303 |
| Attiki | EL3 | Attica | EL30 | Southern Athens | EL304 |
| Attiki | EL3 | Attica | EL30 | Eastern Attica | EL305 |
| Attiki | EL3 | Attica | EL30 | Western Attica | EL306 |
| Attiki | EL3 | Attica | EL30 | Piraeus, Islands | EL307 |
| Nisia Aigaiou, Kriti | EL4 | North Aegean | EL41 | Lesbos, Lemnos | EL411 |
| Nisia Aigaiou, Kriti | EL4 | North Aegean | EL41 | Ikaria, Samos | EL412 |
| Nisia Aigaiou, Kriti | EL4 | North Aegean | EL41 | Chios | EL413 |
| Nisia Aigaiou, Kriti | EL4 | South Aegean | EL42 | Kalymnos, Karpathos, Kos, Rhodes (former (Dodekanisos Prefecture) | EL421 |
| Nisia Aigaiou, Kriti | EL4 | South Aegean | EL42 | Andros, Thira, Kea, Milos, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Syros, Tinos (former (Kyklades Prefecture) | EL422 |
| Nisia Aigaiou, Kriti | EL4 | Crete | EL43 | Heraklion | EL431 |
| Nisia Aigaiou, Kriti | EL4 | Crete | EL43 | Lasithi | EL432 |
| Nisia Aigaiou, Kriti | EL4 | Crete | EL43 | Rethymno | EL433 |
| Nisia Aigaiou, Kriti | EL4 | Crete | EL43 | Chania | EL434 |
| Voreia Ellada | EL5 | Eastern Macedonia and Thrace | EL51 | Evros | EL511 |
| Voreia Ellada | EL5 | Eastern Macedonia and Thrace | EL51 | Xanthi | EL512 |
| Voreia Ellada | EL5 | Eastern Macedonia and Thrace | EL51 | Rhodope | EL513 |
| Voreia Ellada | EL5 | Eastern Macedonia and Thrace | EL51 | Drama | EL514 |
| Voreia Ellada | EL5 | Eastern Macedonia and Thrace | EL51 | Thasos, Kavala | EL515 |
| Voreia Ellada | EL5 | Central Macedonia | EL52 | Imathia | EL521 |
| Voreia Ellada | EL5 | Central Macedonia | EL52 | Thessaloniki | EL522 |
| Voreia Ellada | EL5 | Central Macedonia | EL52 | Kilkis | EL523 |
| Voreia Ellada | EL5 | Central Macedonia | EL52 | Pella | EL524 |
| Voreia Ellada | EL5 | Central Macedonia | EL52 | Pieria | EL525 |
| Voreia Ellada | EL5 | Central Macedonia | EL52 | Serres | EL526 |
| Voreia Ellada | EL5 | Central Macedonia | EL52 | Chalkidiki | EL527 |
| Voreia Ellada | EL5 | Western Macedonia | EL53 | Grevena, Kozani | EL531 |
| Voreia Ellada | EL5 | Western Macedonia | EL53 | Kastoria | EL532 |
| Voreia Ellada | EL5 | Western Macedonia | EL53 | Florina | EL533 |
| Voreia Ellada | EL5 | Epirus | EL54 | Arta, Preveza | EL541 |
| Voreia Ellada | EL5 | Epirus | EL54 | Thesprotia | EL542 |
| Voreia Ellada | EL5 | Epirus | EL54 | Ioannina | EL543 |
| Kentriki Ellada | EL6 | Thessaly | EL61 | Karditsa, Trikala | EL611 |
| Kentriki Ellada | EL6 | Thessaly | EL61 | Larissa | EL612 |
| Kentriki Ellada | EL6 | Thessaly | EL61 | Magnesia | EL613 |
| Kentriki Ellada | EL6 | Ionian Islands | EL62 | Zakynthos | EL621 |
| Kentriki Ellada | EL6 | Ionian Islands | EL62 | Corfu | EL622 |
| Kentriki Ellada | EL6 | Ionian Islands | EL62 | Ithaca, Cephalonia | EL623 |
| Kentriki Ellada | EL6 | Ionian Islands | EL62 | Lefkada | EL624 |
| Kentriki Ellada | EL6 | Western Greece | EL63 | Aetolia-Acarnania | EL631 |
| Kentriki Ellada | EL6 | Western Greece | EL63 | Achaea | EL632 |
| Kentriki Ellada | EL6 | Western Greece | EL63 | Elis | EL633 |
| Kentriki Ellada | EL6 | Central Greece | EL64 | Boeotia | EL641 |
| Kentriki Ellada | EL6 | Central Greece | EL64 | Euboea | EL642 |
| Kentriki Ellada | EL6 | Central Greece | EL64 | Evrytania | EL643 |
| Kentriki Ellada | EL6 | Central Greece | EL64 | Phthiotis | EL644 |
| Kentriki Ellada | EL6 | Central Greece | EL64 | Phocis | EL645 |
| Kentriki Ellada | EL6 | Peloponnese | EL65 | Argolis, Arcadia | EL651 |
| Kentriki Ellada | EL6 | Peloponnese | EL65 | Korinthia | EL652 |
| Kentriki Ellada | EL6 | Peloponnese | EL65 | Laconia, Messenia | EL653 |

## Local administrative units

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

| Level | Subdivisions | # |
| - | - | - |
| LAU 1 | Municipalities (Dimoi) | 1035 |
| LAU 2 | Municipal units, municipal communities, local units | 6130 |

The LAU codes of Greece can be downloaded here:

