The Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics (NUTS) is a hierarchical classification of administrative areas, used across the European Union for statistical purposes.
Wales 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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| NUTS 2 areas in Wales: |
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East Wales
West Wales and The Valleys |
| These 2 NUTS 2 areas are divided into the following NUTS 3
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West Wales and The Valleys |
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Isle of Anglesey
Gwynedd
Conwy and Denbighshire
South West Wales
Central Valleys
Gwent Valleys
Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot
Swansea |
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East Wales |
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Monmouthshire and Newport
Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
Flintshire and Wrexham
Powys |
| These twelve NUTS 3 areas are divided into the following LAU 1 areas:
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Isle of Anglesey |
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Isle of Anglesey |
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Gwynedd |
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Gwynedd |
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Conwy and Denbighshire |
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Conwy
Denbighshire |
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South West Wales |
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Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion
Pembrokeshire |
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Central Valleys |
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Merthyr Tydfil
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff |
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Gwent Valleys |
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Blaenau Gwent
Caerphilly
Torfaen |
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Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot |
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Bridgend
Neath Port Talbot |
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Swansea |
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Swansea |
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Monmouthshire and Newport |
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Monmouthshire
Newport |
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Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan |
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Cardiff
Vale of Glamorgan, The |
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Flintshire and Wrexham |
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Flintshire
Wrexham |
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Powys |
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Powys |
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