NUTS statistical regions of the Czech Republic
# 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. The standard is developed and regulated by the European Union. 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 |
| Czech Republic | CZ0 | Střední Čechy (Central Bohemia) | CZ02 | Central Bohemian Region | CZ020 |
| Czech Republic | CZ0 | Jihozápad (Southwest) | CZ03 | South Bohemian Region | CZ031 |
| Czech Republic | CZ0 | Jihozápad (Southwest) | CZ03 | Plzeň Region | CZ032 |
| Czech Republic | CZ0 | Severozápad (Northwest) | CZ04 | Karlovy Vary Region | CZ041 |
| Czech Republic | CZ0 | Severozápad (Northwest) | CZ04 | Ústí nad Labem Region | CZ042 |
| Czech Republic | CZ0 | Severovýchod (Northeast) | CZ05 | Liberec Region | CZ051 |
| Czech Republic | CZ0 | Severovýchod (Northeast) | CZ05 | Hradec Králové Region | CZ052 |
| Czech Republic | CZ0 | Severovýchod (Northeast) | CZ05 | Pardubice Region | CZ053 |
| Czech Republic | CZ0 | Jihovýchod (Southeast) | CZ06 | Vysočina Region | CZ063 |
| Czech Republic | CZ0 | Jihovýchod (Southeast) | CZ06 | South Moravian Region | CZ064 |
| Czech Republic | CZ0 | Střední Morava (Central Moravia) | CZ07 | Olomouc Region | CZ071 |
| Czech Republic | CZ0 | Střední Morava (Central Moravia) | CZ07 | Zlín Region | CZ072 |
| Czech Republic | CZ0 | 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:

