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