What is the acronym developed by the European Union as the geocode standard for referencing the administrative divisions of countries for statistical purposes?
First-level NUTS of the European Union European Union. First-level NUTS of the European Union The Classification of Territorial Units for Statistics, (NUTS, for the French ""), is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative divisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard was developed by the European Union. There are three levels of NUTS defined, with two levels of local administrative units (LAUs) below. Depending on their size, not all countries have every level of division. One of the most extreme cases is Luxembourg, which has only LAUs; the three NUTS divisions each correspond to the entire country itself. Below are the "first level NUTS regions"
Former administrative divisions of Romania Former administrative divisions of Romania The 41 județe () and the municipality of Bucharest comprise the official administrative divisions of Romania. They also represent the European Union' s NUTS-3 geocode statistical subdivision scheme of Romania. The earliest organization into "județe" of the Principalities of Wallachia, respectively "ținuturi" of Moldavia, dates back at least to the late 14th century. Each "județ", respectively "ținut", was ruled by a "jude", respectively "pârcălab", an officially appointed person who had administrative and judicial functions in a manner inspired from the organization of the late Byzantine Empire. Transylvania, when it was part of the historic Kingdom