NUTS of Iceland
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As a candidate country of the European Union
, Iceland
(IS) is included in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
(NUTS). The three NUTS levels are:
Below the NUTS levels, there are two LAU
levels (LAU-1: regions
; LAU-2: municipalities
).
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
, Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
(IS) is included in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of countries for statistical purposes...
(NUTS). The three NUTS levels are:
- NUTS-1: IS0 Iceland
- NUTS-2: IS00 Iceland
- NUTS-3: Capital area / Rest of country
- IS001 Höfuðborgarsvæði (Greater Reykjavík AreaGreater Reykjavík AreaThe Greater Reykjavík Area is a name used collectively for Reykjavík and seven municipalities around it.. The area is the largest urban area in Iceland. Each municipality has its independent elected council. With a population of 200,852, the Greater Reykjavík Area comprises over 60% of the...
) - IS002 Landsbyggð (rest of country)
- IS001 Höfuðborgarsvæði (Greater Reykjavík Area
Below the NUTS levels, there are two LAU
Local administrative unit
Generally, a local administrative unit is a low level administrative division of a country, ranked below a province, region, or state. Not all countries describe their locally governed areas this way, but it can be descriptively applied anywhere to refer to counties, municipalities, etc.In the...
levels (LAU-1: regions
Regions of Iceland
|There are eight regions of Iceland, mainly used for statistical purposes. The district court jurisdictions also follow this division. The postal code system follows the regions as well with a few exceptions. Before 2003 the regions were also used as constituencies for elections to Alþingi...
; LAU-2: municipalities
Municipalities of Iceland
The municipalities of Iceland are local administrative areas in Iceland that provide a number of services to their inhabitants such as kindergartens, elementary schools, waste management, social services, public housing, public transportation, services to senior citizens and handicapped people...
).
See also
- Subdivisions of Iceland
- ISO 3166-2 codes of IcelandISO 3166-2:ISISO 3166-2:IS is the entry for Iceland in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Iceland, ISO 3166-2 codes are...
- FIPS region codes of Iceland
