NUTS of the Republic of Ireland
As NUTS: IE or NUTS regions in Ireland is referred to the territorial division of Ireland in accordance with the European Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS).
Basics
In Ireland, the three NUTS and two LAU levels are assigned as follows:
- NUTS 1: 1 - Ireland
- NUTS 2: 2 Regions (Region meetings )
- NUTS 3: 8 Regional Authority Regions (Regional Administrative Regions )
- LAU -1: 34 Counties, Cities ( counties and cities)
- LAU -2: 3441 Electoral Districts ( Wählbezirke )
The regional administrative regions were created with the Local Government Act 1991 and constitutionally equipped with Regional Authorities as local authorities in 1999. The regions of statistical regions come together in assemblies.