TitleGeo Change: Germany - NUTS 2016 for 07135 and 07140
AuthorElizabeth Fitts, Phillip Thorne
Question
July 2017 -- A boundary shift between adjacent NUTS 3 areas in Germany (kreise) has necessitated that we create new geo codes to differentiate between data reported by Eurostat under the NUTS 2013 and 2016 vintages.
Answer
Recently Germany, in its ongoing municipal reorganizations, changed two areas. Although this triggered a code change by Eurostat between NUTS versions 2013 and 2016, the German Federal Statistical Office (FSO) did not issue new identifiers. In response, because we derive our geo codes from the FSO taxonomy, we have created new geo codes with an irregular structure, i.e., a suffix of "_2013".
| NUTS vintage | Level and name | NUTS code | FSO code | Data Buffet geo code |
|---|
| 2013 |
NUTS 3 Cochem-Zell |
DEB16 |
07135 |
IDEU_07135_2013 |
| 2016 |
no change |
DEB1C |
07135 |
IDEU_07135 |
| 2013 |
NUTS 3 Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis |
DEB19 |
07140 |
IDEU_07140_2013 |
| 2016 |
no change |
DEB1D |
07140 |
IDEU_07140 |
Implications:
We will use these new "_2013" geo codes only for Eurostat datasets. If a dataset is localized using NUTS 2013, to identify 07135 Cochem-Zell kreise we will use geo code IDEU_07135_2013; but if a different dataset is localized using NUTS 2016, we will use IDEU_07135. Hence, to retrieve all series applicable to this area you will need to use both geo codes.
For series reported by FSO for these areas, we have observed a numeric break at 2013/2014. For example:
- VSQPOPNUA.IDEU_07135
- VSQPOPNUA.IDEU_07140
Related Releases
Eurostat - Area of the regions - Sub-national
Eurostat - Demographics - Sub-National
Eurostat - Economic Accounts - ESA95 - Branch & Household Accounts - Sub-National
Eurostat - Labor Market Data - Sub-National
Eurostat - Population at January 1 - Sub-National
Eurostat - Population Density - Sub-national
Population by sex, age, nationality and age groups
Subnational - Public employment
Geographic Code Changes