The Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics (NUTS) is a hierarchical classification of administrative areas, used across the European Union for statistical purposes.
Scotland is one of 12 NUTS 1 areas in the UK. The directory below displays its breakdown into NUTS 2, 3 and LAU 1 areas. |
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| NUTS 2 areas in Scotland: |
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Eastern Scotland
Highlands and Islands
North Eastern Scotland
South Western Scotland |
| These 4 NUTS 2 areas are divided into the following NUTS 3
areas: |
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Eastern Scotland |
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Angus and Dundee City
Clackmannanshire and Fife
East Lothian and Midlothian
Scottish Borders
Edinburgh, City of
Falkirk
Perth & Kinross and Stirling
West Lothian |
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Highlands and Islands |
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Caithness & Sutherland and Ross & Cromarty
Inverness & Nairn and Moray, Badenoch & Strathspey
Lochaber, Skye & Lochalsh, Arran & Cumbrae and Argyll & Bute
Eilean Siar (Western Isles)
Orkney Islands
Shetland Islands |
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North Eastern Scotland |
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Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire |
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South Western Scotland |
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Dumfries & Galloway
East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire and Helensburgh & Lomond
East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire mainland
Glasgow City
Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire
North Lanarkshire
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire |
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| Please note; ONS have not received the latest official data from Eurostat for LAU1 and LAU2 areas. The latest information for LAU1 and LAU2 data is at 2005. For further information please contact ONS Geography. |
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