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:
The seven NUTS-2 regions are the following:
CodeRegionRegion Cantons
CH01Lake Geneva regionRégion lémaniqueVaud, Valais, Geneva
CH02Espace MittellandEspace MittellandBerne, Fribourg, Solothurn, Neuchâtel, Jura
CH03Northwestern SwitzerlandNordwestschweizBasel-City, Basel-Country, Aargau
CH04ZurichZürichZurich
CH05Eastern SwitzerlandOstschweizGlarus, Schaffhausen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, St. Gallen, Grisons, Thurgau
CH06Central SwitzerlandZentralschweizLucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Zug
CH07TicinoTicinoTicino

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 This standard was withdrawn in 2008.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.
CantonTwo-letter Abbr.NumericFIPS 10-4NUTS-3
AG19SZ01CH033
AI15SZ10CH054
AR16SZ02CH053
BE2SZ05CH021
BL13SZ03CH032
BS12SZ04CH031
FR10SZ06CH022
GE25SZ07CH013
GL8SZ08CH051
GR18SZ09CH056
JU26SZ26CH025
LU3SZ11CH061
NE24SZ12CH024
NW7SZ13CH065
OW6SZ14CH064
SG17SZ15CH055
SH14SZ16CH052
SO11SZ18CH023
SZ5SZ17CH063
TG20SZ19CH057
TI21SZ20CH070
UR4SZ21CH062
VD22SZ23CH011
VS23SZ22CH012
ZG9SZ24CH066
ZH1SZ25CH040

Districts

are assigned three-digit numerical codes by SFSO.
Districts are used as LAU-1 level.

Municipalities

See Community Identification Number#Switzerland
Municipalities are used as LAU-2 level.

Localities

See Postal codes in Switzerland and Liechtenstein

Airports

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