Local Administrative Units (LAU) are territorial divisions of lower level within the countries of the european Union. These divisions allow for a compilation and more detailed analysis of statistical data at the local level.
Organic area :
State
Subtype data model :
Concept normalisation
Functional area :
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food , Government and public sector , Education, culture and sport , Energy , Economy and finance , Environment , International issues , Health , Population and society , Transport , Regions and cities , Justice, legal system and public safety , Science and technology , Personal documents
License :
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Description
To meet the demand for statistics at a local level, Eurostat maintains a system of local administrative units (LAUs) compatible with NUTS. These LAUs are the building blocks of the NUTS, and comprise the municipalities and communes of the European Union.
Until 2016, two levels of local administrative units (LAU) existed:
the upper LAU level (LAU level 1, formerly NUTS level 4) were defined for most, but not all of the countries;
the lower LAU level (LAU level 2, formerly NUTS level 5) consisted of municipalities or equivalent units in the 28 EU Member States.
