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The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of Belgium for statistical purposes.^[1] The standard is developed and regulated by the European Union.^[2] The NUTS standard is instrumental in delivering the European Union's Structural Funds. The NUTS code for Belgium is BE 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 Belgium, the LAUs are municipalities.

Overall

NUTS Levels

Level	Subdivisions	#
NUTS 1	Regions (Gewesten/Régions)	3
NUTS 2	Provinces (Provincies/Provinces) (+ Brussels)	11
NUTS 3	Arrondissements (Arrondissementen/Arrondissements) (Verviers split into two)	44

Local administrative units

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

Level	Subdivisions	#
LAU 1	— (same as NUTS 3)	44
LAU 2	Municipalities (Gemeenten/Communes)	589

The LAU codes of Belgium can be downloaded here: [1]

NUTS codes

NUTS 1	Code	NUTS 2	Code	NUTS 3	Code
Brussels	BE1	Brussels	BE10	Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital	BE100
Flanders	BE2	Antwerp	BE21	Arrondissement of Antwerp	BE211
				Arrondissement of Mechelen	BE212
				Arrondissement of Turnhout	BE213
		Limburg	BE22	Arrondissement of Hasselt	BE221
				Arrondissement of Maaseik	BE222
				Arrondissement of Tongeren	BE223
		East Flanders	BE23	Arrondissement of Aalst	BE231
				Arrondissement of Dendermonde	BE232
				Arrondissement of Eeklo	BE233
				Arrondissement of Ghent	BE234
				Arrondissement of Oudenaarde	BE235
				Arrondissement of Sint-Niklaas	BE236
		Flemish Brabant	BE24	Arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde	BE241
		Flemish Brabant	BE24	Arrondissement of Leuven	BE242
		West Flanders	BE25	Arrondissement of Bruges	BE251
				Arrondissement of Diksmuide	BE252
				Arrondissement of Ypres	BE253
				Arrondissement of Kortrijk	BE254
				Arrondissement of Ostend	BE255
				Arrondissement of Roeselare	BE256
				Arrondissement of Tielt	BE257
				Arrondissement of Veurne	BE258
Wallonia	BE3	Walloon Brabant	BE31	Arrondissement of Nivelles	BE310
		Hainaut	BE32	Arrondissement of Ath	BE321
				Arrondissement of Charleroi	BE322
				Arrondissement of Mons	BE323
				Arrondissement of Mouscron	BE324
				Arrondissement of Soignies	BE325
				Arrondissement of Thuin	BE326
				Arrondissement of Tournai	BE327
		Liège	BE33	Arrondissement of Huy	BE331
				Arrondissement of Liège	BE332
				Arrondissement of Waremme	BE334
				Arrondissement of Verviers, municipalities of the French Community	BE335
				Arrondissement of Verviers, municipalities of the German Community	BE336
		Luxembourg (Belgium)	BE34	Arrondissement of Arlon	BE341
				Arrondissement of Bastogne	BE342
				Arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne	BE343
				Arrondissement of Neufchâteau	BE344
				Arrondissement of Virton	BE345
		Namur	BE35	Arrondissement of Dinant	BE351
				Arrondissement of Namur	BE352
				Arrondissement of Philippeville	BE353

In the 2003 version, the Arrondissement of Verviers was coded BE333.

References

^ "Revision to the Irish NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions". cso.ie. Archived from the original on 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
^ Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2066 of 21 November 2016 amending the annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)

Sources

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
- BELGIQUE / BELGIË - NUTS level 2
- BELGIQUE / BELGIË - NUTS level 3
Correspondence between the NUTS levels and the national administrative units
List of current NUTS codes Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Download current NUTS codes (ODS format) Archived 2015-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
Provinces of Belgium, Statoids.com
Arrondissements of Belgium, Statoids.com

[1] "Revision to the Irish NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions". cso.ie. Archived from the original on 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2021-06-07.

[2] Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2066 of 21 November 2016 amending the annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)

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 {{main|Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics}}
+{{Politics of Belgium}}
-[[NUTS of Belgium]] are the NUTS codes for [[Belgium]].
+The '''Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics''' (NUTS) is a [[geocode]] [[standardization|standard]] for referencing the [[country subdivision|subdivision]]s of [[Belgium]] for statistical purposes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cso.ie/en/methods/revnuts23/|title=Revision to the Irish NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions|publisher=cso.ie|access-date=2021-06-07|archive-date=2018-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113144646/https://www.cso.ie/en/methods/revnuts23/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The standard is developed and regulated by the [[European Union]].<ref>{{CELEX|32016R2066|text=Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2066 of 21 November 2016 amending the annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)}}</ref> The NUTS standard is instrumental in delivering the European Union's [[Structural Fund]]s. The NUTS code for Belgium is ''BE'' 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 Belgium, the LAUs are [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipalities]].
+== Overall ==
-The [[Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics]] (NUTS) is a [[geocode]] [[standardization|standard]] for referencing the administrative divisions of [[country|countries]] for statistical purposes. The standard was developed by the [[European Union]]. The NUTS divisions do not necessarily correspond to administrative divisions within the country.
+=== NUTS Levels ===
-The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, comprising three levels, are instrumental in European Union's [[Structural Fund]] delivery mechanisms.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! Level
+! Subdivisions
+! #
+|-
+! [[First level NUTS of the European Union#Belgium|NUTS 1]]
+| [[Regions of Belgium|Regions]] (''Gewesten/Régions'')
+| align="right" | 3
+|-
+! NUTS 2
+| [[Provinces of Belgium|Provinces]] (''Provincies/Provinces'')<br> (+ [[Brussels]])
+| align="right" | 11
+|-
+! NUTS 3
+| [[Arrondissements of Belgium|Arrondissements]] (''Arrondissementen/Arrondissements'')<br> ([[Arrondissement of Verviers|Verviers]] split into two)
+| align="right" | 44
+|}
+===Local administrative units===
-A NUTS code begins with a two-letter code referencing the country, which is identical to the [[ISO 3166-1 alpha-2]] code. The code for Belgium is BE. The subdivision of the country is then referred to with one number. A second or third subdivision level is referred to with another number each. Each numbering starts with 1, as 0 is used for the upper level.
+{{main|Local administrative unit}}
+Below the NUTS levels, the two LAU (Local Administrative Units) levels are:
-NUTS is to some extent similar to the [[ISO 3166-2]] standard, as well as the [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS]] standard of the United States.
+{| class="wikitable"
-==The NUTS codes for Belgium==
+|-
-{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="center"
+! Level
-|- style="background-color:#ffd700;text-align:left"
+! Subdivisions
-! colspan="2" | NUTS 1
+! #
-! colspan="2" | NUTS 2
+|-
-! colspan="2" | NUTS 3
+! LAU 1
+| — (same as NUTS 3)
+| align="right" | 44
+|-
+! LAU 2
+| [[Municipalities of Belgium|Municipalities]] (''Gemeenten/Communes'')
+| align="right" | 589
+|}
+''The LAU codes of Belgium can be downloaded here:'' {{XLSlink|[http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/nuts/excel_files/BE_LAU_2007.xls]}}
+==NUTS codes==
+{|class= "wikitable"
 |- style="background-color:#ffd700;text-align:left"
+! NUTS 1
-! [[Communities,_regions_and_language_areas_of_Belgium#Regions|Region]]
 ! Code
+! NUTS 2
-! [[Provinces of Belgium|Provinces]]<br />(and Brussels)
 ! Code
+! NUTS 3
-! [[Arrondissements of Belgium|Arrondissements]]
 ! Code
 |-
-| [[Brussels-Capital Region]]
+| [[File:Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region.svg|15px]] [[Brussels]]
 | BE1
-| [[Brussels-Capital Region]]
+| [[File:Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region.svg|15px]] [[Brussels]]
 | BE10
-| [[Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital]]
+| [[File:Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region.svg|15px]] [[Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital]]
 | BE100
 |-
-| rowspan=22 | [[Flemish Region]]
+| rowspan=22 | [[File:Flag of Flanders.svg|15px]] [[Flanders]]
 | rowspan=22 | BE2
-| rowspan=3 | [[Province of Antwerp|Antwerp]]
+| rowspan=3 | [[File:Flag of Antwerp.svg|15px]] [[Province of Antwerp|Antwerp]]
 | rowspan=3 | BE21
 | [[Arrondissement of Antwerp]]
@@ Line 44: / Line 77: @@
 | BE213
 |-
-| rowspan=3 | [[Limburg (Belgium)|Limburg]]
+| rowspan=3 | [[File:Flag of Limburg (Belgium).svg|15px]] [[Limburg (Belgium)|Limburg]]
 | rowspan=3 | BE22
 | [[Arrondissement of Hasselt]]
@@ Line 55: / Line 88: @@
 | BE223
 |-
+| rowspan=6 | [[File:Flag of Oost-Vlaanderen.svg|15px]] [[East Flanders]]
-| rowspan=6 | [[East Flanders]]
 | rowspan=6 | BE23
 | [[Arrondissement of Aalst]]
@@ Line 77: / Line 108: @@
 | BE236
 |-
-| rowspan=2 | [[Flemish Brabant]]
+| rowspan=2 | [[File:Flag of Flemish Brabant.svg|15px]] [[Flemish Brabant]]
 | rowspan=2 | BE24
 | [[Halle-Vilvoorde administrative Arrondissement|Arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde]]
@@ Line 85: / Line 116: @@
 | BE242
 |-
-| rowspan=8 | [[West Flanders]]
+| rowspan=8 | [[File:Flag of West Flanders.svg|15px]] [[West Flanders]]
 | rowspan=8 | BE25
 | [[Arrondissement of Bruges]]
@@ Line 111: / Line 142: @@
 | BE258
 |-
-| rowspan= 21 | [[Walloon Region]]
+| rowspan=21 | [[File:Flag of Wallonia.svg|15px]] [[Wallonia]]
 | rowspan=21 | BE3
-| [[Walloon Brabant]]
+| [[File:Drapeau Province BE Brabant Wallon.svg|15px]] [[Walloon Brabant]]
-| BE 31
+| BE31
 | [[Arrondissement of Nivelles]]
 | BE310
 |-
-| rowspan=7 | [[Hainaut (province)|Hainaut]]
+| rowspan=7 | [[File:Flag of Hainaut.svg|15px]] [[Hainaut (province)|Hainaut]]
 | rowspan=7 | BE32
 | [[Arrondissement of Ath]]
@@ Line 141: / Line 172: @@
 | BE327
 |-
-| rowspan=5 | [[Liège (province)|Liège ]]
+| rowspan=5 | [[File:Flag of the Province of Liège.svg|15px]] [[Liège (province)|Liège]]
 | rowspan=5 | BE33
 | [[Arrondissement of Huy]]
@@ Line 152: / Line 183: @@
 | BE334
 |-
-| [[Arrondissement of Verviers]],<br />municipalities of the [[French Community]]
+| [[Arrondissement of Verviers]],<br />municipalities of the [[French Community of Belgium|French Community]]
 | BE335
 |-
@@ Line 158: / Line 189: @@
 | BE336
 |-
-| rowspan=5 | [[Luxembourg (Belgium)]]
+| rowspan=5 | [[File:Official flag of the Arelerland.svg|15px]] [[Luxembourg (Belgium)]]
 | rowspan=5 | BE34
 | [[Arrondissement of Arlon]]
@@ Line 175: / Line 206: @@
 | BE345
 |-
-| rowspan=3 | [[Namur (province)|Namur]]
+| rowspan=3 | [[File:Flag of Namur Province.svg|15px]] [[Namur (province)|Namur]]
 | rowspan=3 | BE35
 | [[Arrondissement of Dinant]]
@@ Line 187: / Line 218: @@
 |}
+In the 2003 version, the [[Arrondissement of Verviers]] was coded BE333.
-[[Category:NUTS|BE]]
-[[Category:Geography of Belgium]]
+==See also==
+* [[Subdivisions of Belgium]]
+* [[ISO 3166-2:BE|ISO 3166-2 codes of Belgium]]
+* [[List of FIPS region codes (A-C)#BE: Belgium|FIPS region codes of Belgium]]
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
+==Sources==
+* [http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/nuts/codelist_en.cfm?list=nuts Hierarchical list of the Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics - NUTS and the Statistical regions of Europe]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100531085537/http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/nuts/pngmaps/eu1.png Overview map of EU Countries - NUTS level 1]
+** [http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/nuts/pngmaps/be2.png BELGIQUE / BELGIË - NUTS level 2]
+** [http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/nuts/pngmaps/be3.png BELGIQUE / BELGIË - NUTS level 3]
+* [http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/nuts/introannex_regions_en.html Correspondence between the NUTS levels and the national administrative units]
+* [http://simap.europa.eu/codes-and-nomenclatures/codes-nuts/codes-nuts-table_en.htm List of current NUTS codes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227015605/http://simap.europa.eu/codes-and-nomenclatures/codes-nuts/codes-nuts-table_en.htm |date=2012-02-27 }}
+** [http://simap.europa.eu/codes-and-nomenclatures/codes-nuts/nuts_2008.ods Download current NUTS codes (ODS format)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716204920/http://simap.europa.eu/codes-and-nomenclatures/codes-nuts/nuts_2008.ods |date=2015-07-16 }}
+* [http://www.statoids.com/ube.html Provinces of Belgium], Statoids.com
+* [http://www.statoids.com/ybe.html Arrondissements of Belgium], Statoids.com
+{{NUTS}}
+[[Category:Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics|Belgium]]
+[[Category:Subdivisions of Belgium|Nuts]]

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