Austria
Administrative Division
Austria is situated in Central Europe and borders on no less than eight countries. Moving clockwise from Burgenland these are Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany and the Czech Republic respectively.
The constitution defines a federal form of government, with duties and responsibilities being divided between the central government and the nine constituent states (Länder): Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Styria, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, and Vienna. Within these states are subordinate districts (Bezirke), whose basic function is to carry out state and federal government tasks. The basic units of Government are municipalities (Ortsgemeinden).
NUTS structure
Austria has 35 NUTS 3 units, 9 NUTS 2 units and 3 NUTS 1 units. The nine Länder corresponds to the NUTS 2 units, while NUTS 3 units consist of groups of districts (Bezirke).
| Code | Country | NUTS 1 | NUTS 2 | NUTS 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT | ÖSTERREICH | |||
| AT1 | ÖSTERREICH | |||
| AT11 | Burgenland | |||
| AT111 | Mittelburgenland | |||
| AT112 | Nordburgenland | |||
| AT113 | Südburgenland | |||
| AT12 | Niederösterreich | |||
| AT121 | Mostviertel-Eisenwurzen | |||
| AT122 | Niederösterreich-Süd | |||
| AT123 | Sankt Pölten | |||
| AT124 | Waldviertel | |||
| AT125 | Weinviertel | |||
| AT126 | Wiener Umland/Nordteil | |||
| AT127 | Wiener Umland/Südteil | |||
| AT13 | Wien | |||
| AT130 | Wien | |||
| AT2 | SÜDÖSTERREICH | |||
| AT21 | Kärnten | |||
| AT211 | Klagenfurt-Villach | |||
| AT212 | Oberkärnten | |||
| AT213 | Unterkärnten | |||
| AT22 | Steiermark | |||
| AT221 | Graz | |||
| AT222 | Liezen | |||
| AT223 | Östliche Obersteiermark | |||
| AT224 | Oststeiermark | |||
| AT225 | West- und Südsteiermark | |||
| AT226 | Westliche Obersteiermark | |||
| AT3 | WESTÖSTERREICH | |||
| AT31 | Oberösterreich | |||
| AT311 | Innvierte | |||
| AT312 | Linz-Wels | |||
| AT313 | Mühlviertel | |||
| AT314 | Steyr-Kirchdorf | |||
| AT315 | Traunviertel | |||
| AT32 | Salzburg | |||
| AT321 | Lungau | |||
| AT322 | Pinzgau-Pongau | |||
| AT323 | Salzburg und Umgebung | |||
| AT33 | Tirol | |||
| At331 | Außerfern | |||
| AT332 | Innsbruck | |||
| AT333 | Osttirol | |||
| AT334 | Tiroler Oberland | |||
| AT335 | Tiroler Unterland | |||
| AT34 | Vorarlberg | |||
| AT341 | Bludenz-Bregenzer Wald | |||
| AT342 | Rheintal |
Sources
Quick, Michael (1994). Regional Territorial Units in Western Europe since 1945. Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES). EURODATA/ Nr. 5
Eurostat: Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics - NUTS Statistical Regions of Europe
