NUTS of the Republic of Ireland
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions 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. Below this are two further levels of geographic organisation - the Local administrative unit. In Ireland, the LAU-1 subdivisions correspond to an administrative division within the country. The LAU-2 level is not used for local government purposes.
Overall
| Level |
Number of
Subdivisions |
| NUTS 1 |
1 (the entire state) |
| NUTS 2 statistical regions |
2 |
| NUTS 3 statistical regions |
8 |
NUTS levels 1, 2 and 3
Local administrative units 1 and 2
The first level of local administrative unit (LAU-1), which was previously called NUTS-4, is the level immediately below Region. In Ireland, LAU-1 areas are identical with the areas under the jurisdiction of county and city councils. The second level (LAU-2) corresponds to the areas defined by District electoral divisions.
County Council and City Council areas of the Republic of Ireland
| County or City | NUTS 3
Region | Population
(2006) [2] | Area
(km²) | Population
Density | Principal
town/city | Vehicle
Registration
Code[3] |
| County Louth | Border Region | 111,267 | 831.99 | 133.7 | Dundalk | LH |
| County Leitrim | Border Region | 28,950 | 1,588.85 | 18.2 | Carrick-on-Shannon | LM |
| County Sligo | Border Region | 60,894 | 1,837.46 | 33.1 | Sligo | SO |
| County Cavan | Border Region | 64,003 | 1,931.88 | 33.1 | Cavan | CN |
| County Donegal | Border Region | 147,264 | 4,859.51 | 30.3 | Lifford | DL |
| County Monaghan | Border Region | 55,997 | 1,295.92 | 43.2 | Monaghan | MN |
| County Laois | Midlands Region | 67,059 | 1,719.46 | 39.0 | Portlaoise | LS |
| County Longford | Midlands Region | 34,391 | 1,091.25 | 31.5 | Longford | LD |
| County Offaly | Midlands Region | 70,868 | 1,989.81 | 35.6 | Tullamore | OY |
| County Westmeath | Midlands Region | 79,346 | 1,824.86 | 43.5 | Mullingar | WH |
| Galway city | West Region | 72,414 | 50.57 | 1,432.0 | Galway | G |
| County Galway | West Region | 159,256 | 6,099.95 | 26.1 | Galway | G |
| County Mayo | West Region | 123,839 | 5,588.31 | 22.2 | Castlebar | MO |
| County Roscommon | West Region | 58,768 | 2,548.04 | 23.1 | Roscommon | RN |
| – | Border, Midland and Western
NUTS-II Region | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dublin city | Dublin Region | 506,211 | 117.61 | 4,304.1 | Dublin | D |
| Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown | Dublin Region | 194,038 | 126.95 | 1,528.5 | Dún Laoghaire | D |
| Fingal | Dublin Region | 239,992 | 453.09 | 529.7 | Swords | D |
| South Dublin | Dublin Region | 246,935 | 223.01 | 1,107.3 | Tallaght | D |
| Limerick city | Mid-West Region, Ireland | 52,539 | 20.35 | 2,581.8 | Limerick | L |
| County Limerick | Mid-West Region, Ireland | 131,516 | 2,739.67 | 48.0 | Limerick | L |
| North Tipperary | Mid-West Region, Ireland | 66,023 | 2,046.30 | 32.3 | Nenagh | T |
| County Clare | Mid-West Region, Ireland | 110,950 | 3,442.32 | 32.2 | Ennis | CE |
| County Kildare | Mid-East Region | 186,335 | 1,694.20 | 110.0 | Naas | KE |
| County Meath | Mid-East Region | 162,831 | 2,334.54 | 69.7 | Navan | MH |
| County Wicklow | Mid-East Region | 126,194 | 2,032.60 | 62.1 | Wicklow | WW |
| County Wexford | South-East Region | 131,749 | 2,365.27 | 55.7 | Wexford | WX |
| County Kilkenny | South-East Region | 87,558 | 2,071.69 | 42.3 | Kilkenny | KK |
| County Carlow | South-East Region | 50,349 | 897.90 | 56.1 | Carlow | CW |
| South Tipperary | South-East Region | 83,221 | 2,257.94 | 36.9 | Clonmel | T |
| Waterford city | South-East Region | 45,748 | 41.58 | 1,100.2 | Waterford | W |
| County Waterford | South-East Region | 62,213 | 1,817.13 | 34.2 | Dungarvan | W |
| Cork city | South-West Region | 119,418 | 39.61 | 3,014.8 | Cork | C |
| County Cork | South-West Region | 361,877 | 7,467.97 | 48.5 | Cork | C |
| County Kerry | South-West Region | 139,835 | 4,734.65 | 29.5 | Tralee | KY |
| – | Southern and Eastern
NUTS-II Region | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ireland | – | 4,239,848 | 70,182.24 | 60.4 | – | – |
See also
Sources
References
- ↑ Eurostat - Equivalence of DEDs to LAU-2 units in Ireland
- ↑ Central Statistics Office
- ↑ 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.
