NUTS statistical regions of Belgium

The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of Belgium 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 Belgium is BE and a hierarchy of three levels is established by Eurostat. Below these is a further levels of geographic organisation - the local administrative unit (LAU). In Belgium, the LAUs are municipalities.

Local administrative units
Below the NUTS levels, the two LAU (Local Administrative Units) levels are:

The LAU codes of Belgium can be downloaded here: ''

NUTS codes
In the 2003 version, the Arrondissement of Verviers was coded BE333.