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NUTS: Scotland 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 displays its breakdown into NUTS 2, 3 and LAU 1 areas.

 

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 and Moray, Badenoch & Strathspey
Lochaber, Skye & Lochalsh, Arran & Cumbrae and Argyll & Bute
Eilean Siar (Western Isles)
Orkney Islands
Shetland Islands
  North Eastern Scotland
    Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
  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

The 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 & Kinross
Stirling
  West Lothian
    West Lothian
  East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire and Helensburgh & Lomond
    Helensburgh & Lomond
West Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire
  Dumfries & Galloway
    Dumfries & Galloway
  East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire mainland
    East Ayrshire
North Ayrshire mainland
  Glasgow City
    Glasgow City
  Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire
    East Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire
Inverclyde
  North Lanarkshire
    North Lanarkshire
  South Ayrshire
    South Ayrshire
  South Lanarkshire
    South Lanarkshire
  Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
    Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
  Caithness & Sutherland and Ross & Cromarty
    Ross & Cromarty
Caithness & Sutherland
  Inverness & Nairn and Moray, Badenoch & Strathspey
    Inverness & Nairn
Badenoch & Strathspey
West Moray
North East Moray
  Lochaber, Skye & Lochalsh, Arran & Cumbrae and Argyll & Bute
    Arran & Cumbrae
Argyll & Bute Islands
Argyll & Bute
Lochaber
Skye & Lochalsh
  Eilean Siar (Western Isles)
    Eilean Siar (Western Isles)
  Orkney Islands
    Orkney Islands
  Shetland Islands
    Shetland Islands

 

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