In the NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics) codes of France (FR), the three levels are:
| Level | Subdivisions | # |
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| NUTS 1 | Regions + DOM (collectively) | 14 |
| NUTS 2 | Former regions (1982 - 2015) + DOM (individually) | 27 |
| NUTS 3 | Departments + DOM (individually) | 101 |
History
Up until 2016, the first level NUTS regions of France consisted of Ile de France, Bassin Parisien, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Est, Ouest, Sud-Ouest, Centre-Est, Méditerranée and the Départements d'outre-mer. The Départements d'outre-mer consisted of all the overseas departments of France, while the remaining eight statistical regions were made up of the 22 regions of France.
| Code | Name | Corresponding second-level NUTS | Map | |||
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| FR |  France
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| FR1 | Région parisienne | Île-de-France | 
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| FR2 | Bassin parisien | Champagne-Ardenne, Picardy, Upper Normandy, Centre, Lower Normandy, Burgundy | ||||
| FR3 | Nord | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | ||||
| FR4 | Est | Lorraine, Alsace, Franche-Comté | ||||
| FR5 | Ouest | Pays de la Loire, Brittany, Poitou-Charentes | ||||
| FR6 | Sud-Ouest | Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées, Limousin | ||||
| FR7 | Centre-Est | Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne | ||||
| FR8 | Méditerranée | Languedoc-Roussillon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Corsica | ||||
| FRA | Départements d'Outre-Mer | Guadeloupe and the Collectivity of Saint Martin, Martinique, French Guiana, La Réunion, Mayotte | ||||
A law passed in 2014 by the French parliament reduced the number of metropolitan regions in the country from 22 to 13. The decrease took effect from 1 January 2016. As a result, the first level NUTS statistical regions were altered to reflect the changes. The number of first level regions was increased to 14 so that each of the 13 metropolitan regions of France became a separate first level statistical region.
Départements d'outre-mer
Although the Départements d'outre-mer, as integrated departments of France, have always been a part of the European Union and its predecessors, they were only officially included as a permanent NUTS statistical area of France in 1989. When they did appear in previous statistics the first and second level NUTS areas were one and the same; from 1989, Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana and La Réunion were designated as separate level 2 regions.
NUTS codes
Local administrative units
Main article: Local administrative unitBelow the NUTS levels, the LAU (Local Administrative Units) are:
| Level | Subdivisions | # |
|---|---|---|
| LAU | Communes | 36683 |
The LAU codes of France can be downloaded here: 
See also
Notes
- Includes the Collectivity of Saint Martin which, despite its secession from the overseas department and region of Guadeloupe, is still part of the NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 region of Guadeloupe.
References
- http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/345175/629341/NUTS+1981-1999, Eurostat accessed 2 March 2017
- http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2014/12/17/la-carte-a-13-regions-definitivement-adoptee_4542278_823448.html, Le Monde, 17 December 2014, accessed 2 March 2017
- http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/nuts/history, Eurostat accessed 2 March 2017
- , Eurostat accessed 2 March 2017
- 3787 Cantons abolished
Sources
- FRANC - NUTS level 1 to 3 (Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2066, 21 November 2016), Official Journal of the European Union, pdf, page 26
- List of current NUTS codes (2016) with previously used codes, simap.ted.europa.eu
- History of NUTS, ec.europa.eu/eurostat
- Overview map of EU Countries - NUTS level 1 (2010)
- Correspondence between the NUTS levels and the national administrative units (2016), ec.europa.eu/eurostat
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