The Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics (NUTS) is a hierarchical classification of administrative areas, used across the European Union for statistical purposes.
Northern Ireland is one of 12 NUTS 1 areas in the UK.
The directory below displays its breakdown into NUTS 2, 3 and LAU 1 areas.
| As well as being a NUTS 1 area, Northern Ireland also has the status of a NUTS 2 area. Thereafter, it is divided into the following NUTS 3 areas: | ||
| Belfast
East of Northern Ireland North of Northern Ireland West and South of Northern Ireland Outer Belfast |
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| These five NUTS 3 areas are divided into the following LAU 1 areas: | ||
| Belfast | ||
| Belfast | ||
| Outer Belfast | ||
| Carrickfergus
Castlereagh Lisburn Newtownabbey North Down |
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| East of Northern Ireland | ||
| Antrim
Ards Ballymena Banbridge Craigavon Down Larne |
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| North of Northern Ireland | ||
| Ballymoney
Coleraine Derry Limavady Moyle Strabane |
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| West and South of Northern Ireland | ||
| Armagh
Cookstown Dungannon Fermanagh Magherafelt Newry and Mourne Omagh |
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