NUTS of the Netherlands
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NUTS of the Netherlands are the NUTS codes for the Netherlands.
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative divisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard was developed by the European Union. The NUTS divisions do not necessarily correspond to administrative divisions within the country.
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, comprising three levels, are instrumental in European Union's Structural Fund delivery mechanisms.
A NUTS code begins with a two-letter code referencing the country, which is identical to the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code. The code for the Netherlands is NL. The subdivision of the country is then referred to with one number. A second or third subdivision level is referred to with another number each. Each numbering starts with 1, as 0 is used for the upper level.
NUTS is to some extent similar to the ISO 3166-2 standard, as well as the FIPS standard of the United States.
