NUTS of the Republic of Ireland

The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of the Republic of Ireland 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 Ireland is IE and a hierarchy of three levels is established by Eurostat. The subdivisions correspond to administrative divisions within the country in all but the lowest level. Formerly, the further NUTS divisions (IV and V) existed; these have now been replaced by Local Administrative Units (LAU-1 and LAU-2 respoectively). In Ireland, the LAUs are structured as followed:

• LAU 1 – County councils (29) and their legal equivalent City councils (5).
• LAU 2 – District Electoral Divisions. This level, however, is not used for local government purposes.

NUTS levels 1, 2 and 3

Local administrative units

Formerly known as NUTS level 4 and 5, these statistical levels are now known as Local Administrative Units (LAU). There are two such levels:

See also

• ISO 3166-2 codes of Ireland
• FIPS region codes of Ireland

Sources

• The LAU codes of Ireland can be downloaded here: [1]
• 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
  • EIRE / IRELAND - NUTS level 2
  • EIRE / IRELAND - NUTS level 3
• Correspondence between the NUTS levels and the national administrative units
• List of current NUTS codes
  • Download current NUTS codes (ODS format)
• Counties of Ireland, Statoids.com

References

1. ^ Eurostat - Equivalence of DEDs to LAU-2 units in the Republic of Ireland
2. ^ Central Statistics Office
3. ^ The code refers to the code in use for the purpose of vehicle registration plates in Ireland. The code may straddle the jurisdictions of several council areas, as in the case of the four entities of the Dublin Region.