Data codes for Switzerland
These are data codes for Switzerland.
Country
These are codes for the country itself. See country code for a fuller explanation.;CH :ISO country code
;CHE :ISO country code
;EO39 : Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
;HB : ICAO aircraft registration prefix
;HBA-HBZ,
HEA-HEZ :ITU callsign prefix
;LS : ICAO airport code or nationality letters for location indicator
;SUI :IOC country code
;SW : WMO message header country code
;SZ : FIPS country code
;41 : Country calling code
;85 : International Union of Railways numeric UIC Country Code
;228 : E.212 Mobile country code
;269 : ITU maritime identification digits
;756 :ISO country code
;760-769 :GS1 prefix of GTIN by GS1 Switzerland
;ШВА: Cyrillic three-letter country codes per GOST 7.67 or ISO 3166-88 standard
See also:
NUTS-2 regions
As a member of the EFTA, Switzerland is included in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics. The three NUTS levels are:- NUTS-1: Switzerland
- NUTS-2: 7 Regions
- NUTS-3: 26 Cantons
Code | Region | Region | Cantons |
CH01 | Lake Geneva region | Région lémanique | Vaud, Valais, Geneva |
CH02 | Espace Mittelland | Espace Mittelland | Berne, Fribourg, Solothurn, Neuchâtel, Jura |
CH03 | Northwestern Switzerland | Nordwestschweiz | Basel-City, Basel-Country, Aargau |
CH04 | Zurich | Zürich | Zurich |
CH05 | Eastern Switzerland | Ostschweiz | Glarus, Schaffhausen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, St. Gallen, Grisons, Thurgau |
CH06 | Central Switzerland | Zentralschweiz | Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Zug |
CH07 | Ticino | Ticino | Ticino |
Below the NUTS levels, there are two LAU levels.
Cantons
The two-letter abbreviations are widely used, e.g. on car license plates and as disambiguator for localities on postal addresses if two localities in different cantons have the same name. They are also used with the prefix "CH-" as, e.g. CH-SZ for the canton of Schwyz.SFSO also uses a numerical code ordering the cantons by their constitutional order.
The were used by the United States government. This standard was withdrawn in 2008.
The NUTS-3 codes are used by the European Union.
Canton | Two-letter Abbr. | Numeric | FIPS 10-4 | NUTS-3 |
AG | 19 | SZ01 | CH033 | |
AI | 15 | SZ10 | CH054 | |
AR | 16 | SZ02 | CH053 | |
BE | 2 | SZ05 | CH021 | |
BL | 13 | SZ03 | CH032 | |
BS | 12 | SZ04 | CH031 | |
FR | 10 | SZ06 | CH022 | |
GE | 25 | SZ07 | CH013 | |
GL | 8 | SZ08 | CH051 | |
GR | 18 | SZ09 | CH056 | |
JU | 26 | SZ26 | CH025 | |
LU | 3 | SZ11 | CH061 | |
NE | 24 | SZ12 | CH024 | |
NW | 7 | SZ13 | CH065 | |
OW | 6 | SZ14 | CH064 | |
SG | 17 | SZ15 | CH055 | |
SH | 14 | SZ16 | CH052 | |
SO | 11 | SZ18 | CH023 | |
SZ | 5 | SZ17 | CH063 | |
TG | 20 | SZ19 | CH057 | |
TI | 21 | SZ20 | CH070 | |
UR | 4 | SZ21 | CH062 | |
VD | 22 | SZ23 | CH011 | |
VS | 23 | SZ22 | CH012 | |
ZG | 9 | SZ24 | CH066 | |
ZH | 1 | SZ25 | CH040 |
Districts
are assigned three-digit numerical codes by SFSO.Districts are used as LAU-1 level.
Municipalities
See Community Identification Number#SwitzerlandMunicipalities are used as LAU-2 level.
Localities
See Postal codes in Switzerland and LiechtensteinAirports
See*
- List of airports in Switzerland