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NIS code
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The NIS code (Dutch: NIS-code, French: code INS) is a numeric code for regional areas of Belgium.
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This code is used for statistical data treatment in Belgium. This code was developed mid-1960s by the Statistics Belgium. It was first used for the census of 1970.