Nomenclature of Territorial Units Statistics – NUTS 2013 (ISTAC: CL_NUTS_2013)

The NUTS classification (Nomenclature of Territorial Statistical Units) is a hierarchical system for dividing the economic territory of the European Union for the following purposes: — The compilation, development and harmonisation of European regional statistics. — Socio-economic analysis of the regions. NUTS 1: main socio-economic regions NUTS 2: core regions for the implementation of regional policies NUTS 3: small regions for specific diagnoses.NUTS分类（Nomenclature of Territorial Statistical Units，地域统计单位命名法）是欧盟为实现以下目标而设立的层级化系统，用于划分其经济领土： — 欧洲区域统计数据的编制、开发与协调统一。 — 各区域的社会经济分析。 NUTS 1：主要社会经济区域 NUTS 2：实施区域政策的核心区域 NUTS 3：用于特定诊断分析的小型区域。