Group of federal states

NUTS-1: AT, the numbers indicate the NUTS-2 regions

As a group of states which are statistical regions at NUTS-1 in Austria referred to as within the statistics division of the EU NUTS: AT are structured.

function

These are regions of the European Community that were created for comparative statistical purposes. The criterion here is a population between around 3 and 7 million inhabitants. On the basis of such regions, the units of the individual member states can be compared within the framework of Eurostat .

table

The 9 federal states are combined into 3 groups.

NUTS code	Surname	Associated federal states (NUTS-2)	Area in km² or%		Resident population
AT-1	Eastern Austria	Burgenland (AT-11), Lower Austria (AT-12), Vienna (AT-13)	23,558.01	28	3,373,496	42
AT-2	Southern Austria	Carinthia (AT-21), Styria (AT-22)	25,928.24	31	1,742,707	22nd
AT-3	Western Austria	Upper Austria (AT-31), Salzburg (AT-32), Tyrol (AT-33), Vorarlberg (AT-34)	34,385.72	41	2,916,723	36

literature

Regional data for Austria in NUTS breakdown. NUTS breakdown of Austria . In: Austrian Statistical Yearbook 2009 . Vienna 2010, section 37 ( statistik.at [PDF; accessed on January 8, 2010]).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b AT total: area 83,871.97 km²; EW 8,032,926 2001 census; all information ÖSTAT (publisher): Statistisches Jahrbuch 2009 . Section 37 Regional data for Austria in NUTS breakdown 37.01 Breakdown of Austria in NUTS units, territorial status 1 January 2008 , p. 430 f .

[ÖSTAT-1] AT total: area 83,871.97 km²; EW 8,032,926 2001 census; all information ÖSTAT (publisher): Statistisches Jahrbuch 2009 . Section 37 Regional data for Austria in NUTS breakdown 37.01 Breakdown of Austria in NUTS units, territorial status 1 January 2008 , p. 430 f .