NUTS statistical regions of Switzerland
# NUTS statistical regions of Switzerland

The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of Switzerland for statistical purposes. As a member of EFTA Switzerland is included in the NUTS standard, although the standard is developed and regulated by the European Union, 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 districts (LAU-1) and municipalities (LAU-2).

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Lake Geneva region | CH01 | Vaud | CH011 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Lake Geneva region | CH01 | Valais | CH012 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Lake Geneva region | CH01 | Geneva | CH013 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Espace Mittelland | CH02 | Berne | CH021 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Espace Mittelland | CH02 | Fribourg | CH022 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Espace Mittelland | CH02 | Solothurn | CH023 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Espace Mittelland | CH02 | Neuchâtel | CH024 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Espace Mittelland | CH02 | Jura | CH025 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Northwestern Switzerland | CH03 | Basel-Stadt | CH031 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Northwestern Switzerland | CH03 | Basel-Landschaft | CH032 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Northwestern Switzerland | CH03 | Aargau | CH033 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Zurich | CH04 | Zürich | CH040 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Eastern Switzerland | CH05 | Glarus | CH051 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Eastern Switzerland | CH05 | Schaffhausen | CH052 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Eastern Switzerland | CH05 | Appenzell Ausserrhoden | CH053 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Eastern Switzerland | CH05 | Appenzell Innerrhoden | CH054 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Eastern Switzerland | CH05 | St. Gallen | CH055 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Eastern Switzerland | CH05 | Grisons | CH056 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Eastern Switzerland | CH05 | Thurgau | CH057 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Central Switzerland | CH06 | Lucerne | CH061 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Central Switzerland | CH06 | Uri | CH062 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Central Switzerland | CH06 | Schwyz | CH063 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Central Switzerland | CH06 | Obwalden | CH064 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Central Switzerland | CH06 | Nidwalden | CH065 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Central Switzerland | CH06 | Zug | CH066 |
| Switzerland | CH0 | Ticino | CH07 | Ticino | CH070 |

## Local Administrative Units

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

