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NUTS: Scotland: Map and Directory

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 and the map opposite display its breakdown into NUTS 2, 3 and LAU 1 areas.
 

Click on the extract to view the full map of Scotland NUTS.
NUTS 2 areas in Scotland:
  Eastern Scotland
Highlands and Islands
North Eastern Scotland
South Western Scotland
These 4 NUTS 2 areas are divided into the following NUTS 3 areas:
  Eastern Scotland
    Angus and Dundee City
Clackmannanshire and Fife
East Lothian and Midlothian
Scottish Borders
Edinburgh, City of
Falkirk
Perth & Kinross and Stirling
West Lothian
  Highlands and Islands
    Caithness & Sutherland and Ross & Cromarty
Inverness & Nairn, West Moray and Badenoch & Strathspey
Lochaber, Skye & Lochalsh, Arran & Cumbrae and Argyll & Bute
Eilean Siar (Western Isles)
Orkney Islands
Shetland Islands
  North Eastern Scotland
    Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and North East Moray
  South Western Scotland
    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
These 23 NUTS 3 areas are divided into the following LAU 1 areas:
  Angus and Dundee City
    Angus
Dundee City
  Clackmannanshire and Fife
    Clackmannanshire
Fife
  East Lothian and Midlothian
    East Lothian
Midlothian
  Scottish Borders
    Scottish Borders
  Edinburgh, City of
    Edinburgh, City of
  Falkirk
    Falkirk
  Perth & Kinross and Stirling
    Perth and Kinross
Stirling
  West Lothian
    West Lothian
  Caithness & Sutherland and Ross & Cromarty
    Caithness and Sutherland
Ross and Cromarty
  Inverness & Nairn, West Moray and Badenoch & Strathspey
    Badenoch and Strathspey
Inverness and Nairn
West Moray
  Lochaber, Skye & Lochalsh, Arran & Cumbrae and Argyll & Bute
    Argyll and Bute UA Islands
Argyll and the Islands LEC Mainland
Arran and the Cumbraes
Lochaber
Skye and Lochalsh
  Eilean Siar (Western Isles)
    Eilean Siar (Western Isles)
  Orkney Islands
    Orkney Islands
  Shetland Islands
    Shetland Islands
  Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and North East Moray
    Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
North East Moray
  East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire and Helensburgh & Lomond
    East Dunbartonshire
Helensburgh and Lomond
West Dunbartonshire
  Dumfries & Galloway
    Dumfries and Galloway
  East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire mainland
    East Ayrshire
North Ayrshire Mainland
  Glasgow City
    Glasgow City
  Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire
    East Renfrewshire
Inverclyde
Renfrewshire
  North Lanarkshire
    North Lanarkshire
  South Ayrshire
    South Ayrshire
  South Lanarkshire
    South Lanarkshire

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