Identification

Title

Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics (NUTS) - Level 2

Alternative title(s)

NUTS 2 Boundaries

Abstract

The Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics, abbreviated as NUTS (from the French 'Nomenclature des Unités territoriales statistiques') is a geographical classification that subdivides territories of the European Union (EU) into regions at three different levels (NUTS 1, 2 and 3, respectively, moving from larger to smaller territorial units). At the local scale, two levels of Local Administrative Units (LAU) are also defined: LAU 1 and LAU 2 (formerly referred to as NUTS 4 and NUTS 5, respectively). NUTS areas aim to provide a single and coherent territorial breakdown for the collection, development, and harmonisation of EU regional statistics. Further, eligibility for aid from European Structural Funds (for those regions whose development is lagging behind) is assessed at NUTS 2 level. The NUTS classification was originally developed by Eurostat in the early 1970's, however, only gained legal status with Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 which entered into force in July 2003. A first regular amendment ((EC) No 105/2007) replaced the 2003 version of NUTS with the 2006 version, enacted on 1 January 2008. The current classification is valid until December 31, 2011. For Scottish NUTS areas, the NUTS 1 region covers the whole of Scotland, whereas NUTS 2 subdivides Scotland into 4 regions, and NUTS 3 to 23 regions. Above NUTS 1 is the 'national' level of the EU Member State - the United Kingdom. For Local Administrative Units (LAU) there are currently 41 units at LAU level 1 and 1,222 at level 2. Codes for NUTS regions are prefixed by the characters 'UKM', where 'UK' identifies the member state, the United Kingdom, and 'M' indicates Scotland.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://sedsh127.sedsh.gov.uk/arcgis/services/ScotGov/StatisticalUnits/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

protocol: OGC:WMS

name: Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics - Level 2

description: OGC View Service

http://sedsh127.sedsh.gov.uk/arcgis/services/ScotGov/StatisticalUnits/MapServer/WFSServer?

protocol: OGC:WFS

name: Nomenclature_of_Units_for_Territorial_Statistics_-_Level_2

description: OGC Feature Download Service

http://sedsh127.sedsh.gov.uk/arcgis/rest/services/ScotGov/StatisticalUnits/MapServer/11

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics (NUTS) - Level 2

description: ESRI REST Service

http://sedsh127.sedsh.gov.uk/Atom_data/ScotGov/StatisticalUnits/SG_StatisticalUnits.atom.en.xml

protocol: INSPIRE-ATOM

name: Statistical Units

description: ATOM Download Service

http://sedsh127.sedsh.gov.uk/Atom_data/ScotGov/ZippedShapefiles/SG_NUTSLevel2_2008.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics - Level 2

description: ESRI Shapefile Download

Unique resource identifier

code

SG_NUTSLevel2

codeSpace

www.gov.scot

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

EPSG

code identifying the spatial reference system

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700)

Additional information source

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/nuts_nomenclature/introduction

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

boundaries

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Statistical units

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

European Union

originating controlled vocabulary

title

IPSV - Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary version 2

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2006-04-03

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.342997

East bounding longitude

-0.714878

North bounding latitude

60.859579

South bounding latitude

54.549315

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

ISO 3166-2

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2007-12-13

code identifying the extent

SCT

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2003-07-01

date type

publication

effective date

2008-01-01

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

The digital dataset for NUTS/LAU boundaries held by the Scottish Government originate from the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) and is postcode based. The NUTS classification was originally developed by Eurostat in the early 1970's, however, only gained legal status with Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 which entered into force in July 2003. A first regular amendment ((EC) No 105/2007) replaced the 2003 version of NUTS with the 2006 version, enacted on 1 January 2008 (for Scotland the amendment was to movement of East Moray from North Eastern Scotland to Highlands and Islands, NUTS 2 level). The NUTS Regulation specifies a 'period of stability' of the classification for at least three years, ensuring that data refers to the same regional unit for a certain period of time - crucial for statistics, in particular for time-series analysis. When changes are required for NUTS boundaries, the national statistical institutes of the concerned Member State (i.e. the United Kingdom) informs Eurostat and the European Commission about the proposed changes. The Commission in turn amends the classification at the end of period of stability according the rules of the NUTS Regulation. The current classification is valid until December 31, 2011. The more detailed LAUs are not subject to the NUTS regulation and therefore amendments can be more frequent, and Eurostat aims to follow up on these developments from year to year. For more detailed information on the development of NUTS/LAU boundaries, please see http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/nuts_nomenclature/introduction. In Scotland, NUTS levels 2 and 3, and LAU level 1 are composed of groups of Local Authorities, Local Enterprise Companies (LECs), and parts thereof. LAU level 2 boundaries are based upon the historical 2001 electoral wards, or parts thereof. Codes for NUTS regions are prefixed by the characters 'UKM', where 'UK' identifies the member state, the United Kingdom, and 'M' indicates Scotland. These codes are maintained by Eurostat. Attributes included within the dataset are as follows: EUROSTAT_N: Unique code given to each NUTS area, maintained by Eurostat. NUTS/LAU_NAME: Name given to the NUTS or LAU area.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

WMS

version of format

1.3.0

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

No limitations on public access

Constraint set

Use constraints

The following attribution statement must be used to acknowledge the source of the information: Copyright Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (insert year)

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Geographic Information Science and Analysis Team (GI-SAT), Directorate for Digital

organisation name

Scottish Government

full postal address

Victoria Quay

Edinburgh

EH6 6QQ

United Kingdom

email address

GI-SAT@gov.scot

responsible party role

publisher

Responsible party

contact position

Statistics Policy, Office of the Chief Statistician and Performance (OCSP)

organisation name

Scottish Government

full postal address

St Andrews House, Regent Road

Edinburgh

EH1 3DG

United Kingdom

email address

neighbourhood.statistics@gov.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

contact position

Spatial Data Management Team (SDMT), Agriculture, Food and Rural Communities

organisation name

Scottish Government

full postal address

Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive

Edinburgh

EH11 3XD

United Kingdom

email address

SDMT@gov.scot

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Geographic Information Science and Analysis Team (GI-SAT), Directorate for Digital

organisation name

Scottish Government

full postal address

Victoria Quay

Edinburgh

EH6 6QQ

United Kingdom

email address

GI-SAT@gov.scot

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2019-06-05

Metadata language

eng