NUTS statistical regions of Denmark explained

See main article: Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics. The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative division of Denmark for statistical purposes.[1] 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 Denmark is DK 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 Denmark, the LAU 1 are municipalities and the LAU 2 are regions.

Overall

NUTS codes

LevelSubdivisions
NUTS 11
NUTS 2Regions (Danish: Regioner)5
NUTS 3Provinces (Danish: Landsdele)11

Local administrative units

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

The LAU codes of Denmark can be downloaded here: [2]

NUTS codes

NUTS 1CodeNUTS 2CodeNUTS 3Code
DenmarkDK0HovedstadenDK01Byen KøbenhavnDK011
Københavns omegnDK012
NordsjællandDK013
BornholmDK014
SjællandDK02ØstsjællandDK021
Vest- og SydsjællandDK022
Southern DenmarkDK03FynDK031
SydjyllandDK032
MidtjyllandDK04VestjyllandDK041
ØstjyllandDK042
NordjyllandDK05NordjyllandDK050

Before 2003

In the 2003 version, before the counties were abolished, the codes were as follows:

NUTS 1CodeNUTS 2CodeNUTS 3Code
DenmarkDK0DenmarkDK00Copenhagen and FrederiksbergDK001
Copenhagen CountyDK002
Frederiksborg CountyDK003
Roskilde CountyDK004
West Zealand CountyDK005
Storstrøm CountyDK006
BornholmDK007
Funen CountyDK008
South Jutland CountyDK009
Ribe CountyDK00A
Vejle CountyDK00B
Ringkjøbing CountyDK00C
Århus CountyDK00D
Viborg CountyDK00E
North Jutland CountyDK00F

See also

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Revision to the Irish NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions. cso.ie. 11 May 2023. 2018-11-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20181113144646/https://www.cso.ie/en/methods/revnuts23/. dead.
  2. [Parishes of Denmark|Parishes]