Regional breakdown

The following regional breakdowns are shown in the form of tables and also in graphic form as maps:

• Administrative units of Austria 
  There is a hierarchical structure of local responsibility for Austria's administrative units. The highest regional administrative units are the federal provinces (Länder), the second highest are the political districts (districts and towns with charters) and the third and lowest administrative level are the municipalities.

• Breakdown of areas by function 
  The regional electoral zones based on the National Council Elections Order 1992 are shown here. This section also covers traditional subdivisions such as towns/villages and postal code districts. Area delimitations, in which the boundaries are based on static data (town regions, settlement units), and the NUTS units, which are used in EU statistics, are both shown.

• Geometric area divisions  
  The statistical grids based on geometric spatial divisions such as square grids (125mx125m, 250mx250m, 500mx500m etc.) are independent of administrative boundaries or other area boundaries and therefore allow a purely objective spatial subdivision based on the distribution of the statistical data.

• Special directories 
  A list of countries are available to help fill out statistical surveys.