NUTS of Croatia
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As a candidate country of the European Union
, Croatia
(HR) is included in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
(NUTS). The three NUTS levels are:
The NUTS codes are as follows:
Below the NUTS levels, there are two LAU
levels (LAU-1: same as NUTS-3; LAU-2: municipalities
).
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
(HR) is included in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of countries for statistical purposes...
(NUTS). The three NUTS levels are:
- NUTS-1: Croatia
- NUTS-2: 3 Regions
- NUTS-3: 21 CountiesCounties of CroatiaThe primary territorial subdivisions of the Republic of Croatia called županije . In English they are commonly referred to as counties....
The NUTS codes are as follows:
- HR0 Hrvatska
- HR01 Northwest Croatia (Sjeverozapadna Hrvatska)
- HR011 Grad Zagreb
- HR012 Zagrebacka zupanija
- HR013 Krapinsko-zagorska zupanija
- HR014 Varazdinska zupanija
- HR015 Koprivnicko-krizevacka zupanija
- HR016 Medimurska zupanija
- HR02 Central and Eastern (Pannonian) Croatia (Sredisnja i Istocna (Panonska) Hrvatska)
- HR021 Bjelovarsko-bilogorska zupanija
- HR022 Viroviticko-podravska zupanija
- HR023 Pozesko-slavonska zupanija
- HR024 Brodsko-posavska zupanija
- HR025 Osjecko-baranjska zupanija
- HR026 Vukovarsko-srijemska zupanija
- HR027 Karlovacka zupanija
- HR028 Sisacko-moslavacka zupanija
- HR03 Adriatic Croatia (Jadranska Hrvatska)
- HR031 Primorsko-goranska zupanija
- HR032 Licko-senjska zupanija
- HR033 Zadarska zupanija
- HR034 Sibensko-kninska zupanija
- HR035 Splitsko-dalmatinska zupanija
- HR036 Istarska zupanija
- HR037 Dubrovacko-neretvanska zupanija
- HR01 Northwest Croatia (Sjeverozapadna Hrvatska)
Below the NUTS levels, there are two LAU
Local administrative unit
Generally, a local administrative unit is a low level administrative division of a country, ranked below a province, region, or state. Not all countries describe their locally governed areas this way, but it can be descriptively applied anywhere to refer to counties, municipalities, etc.In the...
levels (LAU-1: same as NUTS-3; LAU-2: municipalities
Municipalities of Croatia
A Municipality in Croatia is known as an općina . Though equal to Croatian Grads in administrative powers, they are usually more likely to consists of a collection of villages in more rural or suburban area, whereas Grads are more likely to cover urban area...
).
See also
- Subdivisions of Croatia
- ISO 3166-2 codes of CroatiaISO 3166-2:HRISO 3166-2:HR is the entry for Croatia in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Croatia, ISO 3166-2 codes are...
- FIPS region codes of Croatia
Sources
- Hierarchical list of the Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics - NUTS and the Statistical regions of Europe
- Overview map of CC (Candidate countries) - Statistical regions at level 1
- Correspondence between the regional levels and the national administrative units
- Counties of Croatia, Statoids.com
