---
id: "nutsregion"
kind: "datatype"
status: "stable"
is_pii: false
categories: ["government"]
country: ["EU"]
langs: ["en"]
quality: 95
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/nutsregion"
---

# NUTS region code (`nutsregion`)

EU datatype for 'NUTS region code' (nutsregion) from rules in context 'government'. The NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics) region code is a hierarchical classification system used by the European Union to divide its territory for statistical purposes. The code format consists of 2 uppercase letters representing the country code, followed by 1 to 3 alphanumeric characters representing the region level (NUTS 1, 2, or 3).

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Government related (government)
- Countries: European Union (EU)
- Languages: English (en)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^[A-Z]{2}[A-Z0-9]{1,3}$
```

## Examples

- `BE10` — NUTS 2 code for Brussels-Capital Region
- `DE11` — NUTS 1 code for Baden-Württemberg
- `FR101` — NUTS 3 code for Paris
- `ITC1` — NUTS 1 code for Northwest Italy
- `ES11` — NUTS 1 code for Galicia

## Mappings

- bioregistry: `nuts`
- orgid: `XR-NUTS`
- wikidata: `P605`

## Metacrafter rules

2 rules: 1 match the field name, 1 match values.

- `nutsfield` (field, `eu/eu_procurement.yaml`)
- `nutsvalue` (data, `eu/eu_procurement.yaml`)

## Supported by tools

- `metacrafter`
- `tableau`

## Translations

- en: NUTS region code
- fr: Code région NUTS
- de: NUTS-Regionscode
- es: Código de región NUTS
- it: Codice regione NUTS

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomenclature_of_Territorial_Units_for_Statistics>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P605>
- doc: <https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/nuts/overview>

## Quality

Score 95/100. Missing: negative example.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/nutsregion.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/EU/government/nutsregion.yaml>