Glossary:Coastal region

From Statistics Explained

An EU coastal region is a statistical region of the European Union (EU), at NUTS level 3, defined according to one of the following criteria:

• a region with a sea border;

372 regions correspond to this criterion

• a region with more than half of its population within 50 km from the sea;

73 further regions correspond to this criterion

• Hamburg.

German region, not meeting either of the two previous criteria, but still included because of its strong maritime influence

Based on this definition, 446 EU coastal regions were identified in the 22 EU Member States with a coastline.

Related concepts

• Coastal Member States
• Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)

Statistical data

• Coastal region statistics