NUTS of the Republic of Ireland

Main article: Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics

The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of the Republic of Ireland for statistical purposes. The standard is developed and regulated by the European Union. The NUTS standard is instrumental in delivering the European Union's Structural Funds. The NUTS code for Ireland is IE and a hierarchy of three levels is established by Eurostat. The subdivisions correspond to administrative divisions within the country in all but the lowest level. Formerly, the further NUTS divisions (IV and V) existed; these have now been replaced by Local Administrative Units (LAU-1 and LAU-2 respoectively). In Ireland, the LAUs are structured as followed:

• LAU 1 – County councils (29) and their legal equivalent City councils (5).
• LAU 2 – District Electoral Divisions. This level, however, is not used for local government purposes.

Level	Number of Subdivisions
NUTS 1	1 (the entire state)
NUTS 2 statistical regions	2
NUTS 3 statistical regions	8

NUTS levels 1, 2 and 3

Main article: NUTS 2 statistical regions of the Republic of Ireland

See also: NUTS 3 statistical regions of the Republic of Ireland

NUTS 1	Code	NUTS 2	Code	NUTS 3	Code
Republic of Ireland	IE0	Border, Midland and Western NUTS-II Region	IE01	Border Region	IE011
				Midlands Region, Ireland	IE012
				West Region, Ireland	IE013
		Southern and Eastern NUTS-II Region	IE02	Dublin Region	IE021
				Mid-East Region, Ireland	IE022
				Mid-West Region, Ireland	IE023
				South-East Region, Ireland	IE024
				South-West Region, Ireland	IE025

Local administrative units

Main article: Local administrative unit

Formerly known as NUTS level 4 and 5, these statistical levels are now known as Local Administrative Units (LAU). There are two such levels:

LAU level	Subdivisions	#
LAU 1	Administrative counties and cities	34
LAU 2[1]	District Electoral Division	3441

County County and City Council areas of the Republic of Ireland

County Council or City Council	NUTS 3 Region	Population (2006) [2]	Area (km²)	Population Density	Council Head office	Code[3]
Louth County Council	Border Region	111,267	831.99	133.7	Dundalk	LH
Leitrim County Council	Border Region	28,950	1,588.85	18.2	Carrick-on-Shannon	LM
Sligo County Council	Border Region	60,894	1,837.46	33.1	Sligo	SO
Cavan County Council	Border Region	64,003	1,931.88	33.1	Cavan	CN
Donegal County Council	Border Region	147,264	4,859.51	30.3	Lifford	DL
Monaghan County Council	Border Region	55,997	1,295.92	43.2	Monaghan	MN
Laois County Council	Midlands Region	67,059	1,719.46	39.0	Portlaoise	LS
Longford County Council	Midlands Region	34,391	1,091.25	31.5	Longford	LD
Offaly County Council	Midlands Region	70,868	1,989.81	35.6	Tullamore	OY
Westmeath County Council	Midlands Region	79,346	1,824.86	43.5	Mullingar	WH
Galway City Council	West Region	72,414	50.57	1,432.0	Galway	G
Galway County Council	West Region	159,256	6,099.95	26.1	Galway	G
Mayo County Council	West Region	123,839	5,588.31	22.2	Castlebar	MO
Roscommon County Council	West Region	58,768	2,548.04	23.1	Roscommon	RN
-	Border, Midland and Western NUTS-II Region	-	-	-	-	-
Dublin City Council	Dublin Region	506,211	117.61	4,304.1	Dublin	D
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council	Dublin Region	194,038	126.95	1,528.5	Dún Laoghaire	D
Fingal County Council	Dublin Region	239,992	453.09	529.7	Swords	D
South Dublin County Council	Dublin Region	246,935	223.01	1,107.3	Tallaght	D
Limerick City Council	Mid-West Region, Ireland	52,539	20.35	2,581.8	Limerick	L
Limerick County Council	Mid-West Region, Ireland	131,516	2,739.67	48.0	Limerick	LK
North Tipperary County Council	Mid-West Region, Ireland	66,023	2,046.30	32.3	Nenagh	TN
Clare County Council	Mid-West Region, Ireland	110,950	3,442.32	32.2	Ennis	CE
Kildare County Council	Mid-East Region	186,335	1,694.20	110.0	Naas	KE
Meath County Council	Mid-East Region	162,831	2,334.54	69.7	Navan	MH
Wicklow County Council	Mid-East Region	126,194	2,032.60	62.1	Wicklow	WW
Wexford County Council	South-East Region	131,749	2,365.27	55.7	Wexford	WX
Kilkenny County Council	South-East Region	87,558	2,071.69	42.3	Kilkenny	KK
Carlow County Council	South-East Region	50,349	897.90	56.1	Carlow	CW
South Tipperary County Council	South-East Region	83,221	2,257.94	36.9	Clonmel	TS
Waterford City Council	South-East Region	45,748	41.58	1,100.2	Waterford	W
Waterford County Council	South-East Region	62,213	1,817.13	34.2	Dungarvan	WD
Cork City Council	South-West Region	119,418	39.61	3,014.8	Cork	C
Cork County Council	South-West Region	361,877	7,467.97	48.5	Cork	C
Kerry County Council	South-West Region	139,835	4,734.65	29.5	Tralee	KY
-	Southern and Eastern NUTS-II Region	-	-	-	-	-
Republic of Ireland	-	4,239,848	70,182.24	60.4	-	-

See also

• ISO 3166-2 codes of Ireland
• FIPS region codes of Ireland

Sources

• The LAU codes of Ireland can be downloaded here: [1]
• Hierarchical list of the Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics - NUTS and the Statistical regions of Europe
• Overview map of EU Countries - NUTS level 1
  • EIRE / IRELAND - NUTS level 2
  • EIRE / IRELAND - NUTS level 3
• Correspondence between the NUTS levels and the national administrative units
• List of current NUTS codes
  • Download current NUTS codes (ODS format)
• Counties of Ireland, Statoids.com

References

1. ^ Eurostat - Equivalence of DEDs to LAU-2 units in the Republic of Ireland
2. ^ Central Statistics Office
3. ^ The code refers to the code in use for the purpose of vehicle registration plates in Ireland. The code may straddle the jurisdictions of several council areas, as in the case of the four entities of the Dublin Region.