Netherlands
Administrative Division
The Netherlands is situated in the Western Europe and borders to Germany in the east, Belgium in the south and to the North Sea in the north and west. The Netherlands also comprises the autonomous oversea territories of the Netherland Antilles and Aruba.
For administrative purposes, the Netherlands is subdivided into 12 provinces, and 458 (2006) municipalities (Gemeenten). The municipalities and the provinces both have an elected council and their own administration. In 1987 the municipalities received more political independence from the provincial supervision.
NUTS structure
The Netherlands has 40 NUTS 3 units, 12 NUTS 2 units and 4 NUTS 1 units. The provinces equal the NUTS 2 regional level.
| Code | Country | NUTS 1 | NUTS 2 | NUTS 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL | The Netherlands | |||
| NL1 | Noord-Nederland | |||
| NL11 | Groningen | |||
| NL111 | Oost-Groningen | |||
| NL112 | Delfzijl en omgeving | |||
| NL113 | Overig Groningen | |||
| NL12 | Friesland | |||
| NL121 | Noord-Friesland | |||
| NL122 | Zuidwest-Friesland | |||
| NL123 | Zuidoost-Friesland | |||
| NL13 | Drenthe | |||
| NL131 | Noord-Drenthe | |||
| NL132 | Zuidoost-Drenthe | |||
| NL133 | Zuidwest-Drenthe | |||
| NL2 | Oost-Nederland | |||
| NL21 | Overijssel | |||
| NL211 | Noord-Overijssel | |||
| NL212 | Zuidwest-Overijssel | |||
| NL213 | Twente | |||
| NL22 | Gelderland | |||
| NL221 | Veluwe | |||
| NL222 | Achterhoek | |||
| NL223 | Arnhem/Nijmegen | |||
| NL224 | Zuidwest-Gelderland | |||
| NL23 | Flevoland | |||
| NL230 | Flevoland | |||
| NL3 | West-Nederland | |||
| NL31 |
Utrecht |
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| NL310 | Utrecht | |||
| NL32 | Noord-Holland | |||
| NL321 | Kop van Noord-Holland | |||
| NL322 | Alkmaar en omgeving | |||
| NL323 | IJmond | |||
| NL324 | Agglomeratie Haarlem | |||
| NL325 | Zaanstreek | |||
| NL326 | Groot-Amsterdam | |||
| NL327 | Het Gooi en Vechtstreek | |||
| NL33 | Zuid-Holland | |||
| NL331 | Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek | |||
| NL332 | Agglomeratie 's-Gravenhage | |||
| NL333 | Delft en Westland | |||
| NL334 | Oost-Zuid-Holland | |||
| NL335 | Groot-Rijnmond | |||
| NL336 | Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland | |||
| NL34 | Zeeland | |||
| NL341 | Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen | |||
| NL342 | Overig Zeeland | |||
| NL4 | Zuid-Nederland | |||
| NL41 | Noord-Brabant | |||
| NL411 | West-Noord-Brabant | |||
| NL412 | Midden-Noord-Brabant | |||
| NL413 | Noordoost-Noord-Brabant | |||
| NL414 | Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant | |||
| NL42 | Limburg (NL) | |||
| NL421 | Noord-Limburg | |||
| NL422 | Midden-Limburg | |||
| NL423 | Zuid-Limburg |
