In the UN geoscheme, the following countries are classified as Western Europe:[11]
CIA classification[edit]
Regions of Europe based on CIA World Factbook:
Northern Europe
Western Europe
Central Europe
Southwest Europe
Southern Europe
Southeast Europe
Eastern Europe
The CIA classifies seven countries as belonging to "Western Europe":[12]
The CIA also classifies three countries as belonging to "Southwestern Europe":
EuroVoc classification[edit]
European sub-regions according to EuroVoc:
Northern Europe
Western Europe
Southern Europe
Central and Eastern Europe
EuroVoc is a multilingual thesaurus maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union. In this thesaurus, the countries of Europe are grouped into sub-regions.[13] The following countries are included in the sub-group Western Europe:[14]
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