Data codes for Switzerland

About Data codes for Switzerland

These are 'data codes for Switzerland'.

Contents
Country
NUTS
Cantons
Municipalities
Localities
Airports

Country


These are codes for the country itself. See country code for a fuller explanation.
;CH :ISO country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2,two letter)
:Internet Country code top-level domain (ccTLD) (see '.ch')
:Distinguishing sign of vehicles in international traffic
;CHE :ISO country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, three letter code)
;756 :ISO country code (ISO 3166-1 numeric, numeric code)
;SUI :IOC country code
:ITU letter codes for member-countries
;SW : WMO message header country code
;SZ : FIPS country code
:Library of Congress machine-readable cataloguing country code
;41 : Country calling code
;228 : E.212 Mobile country code
;85 : International Union of Railways UIC Country Code
;269 : ITU maritime identification digits
;EO39 : Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS)
;HB : ICAO aircraft registration prefix (since 1935, before: CH)
;LS : ICAO airport code or nationality letters for location indicator
(see also: '')
;HBA-HBZ,
HEA-HEZ :ITU callsign prefix
;760-769 :GS1 prefix of GTIN (barcodes) by GS1 Switzerland
''See also:''

NUTS


For Switzerland, the levels of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) are the following:

★ NUTS-1: Switzerland

★ NUTS-2: 7 Regions

★ NUTS-3: 26 Cantons
The seven NUTS-2 Regions are the following:
Code Region Region (local name) 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

Cantons


The 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.
The ISO 3166-2 codes include them with the prefix "CH-", i.e. CH-SZ for the canton of Schwyz.




Data codes for Cantons of Switzerland
Canton
Abbr.
FIPS 10-4
NUTS-3
Aargau AG SZ01 CH033
Appenzell Innerrhoden AI SZ10 CH054
Appenzell Ausserrhoden AR SZ02 CH053
Berne BE SZ05 CH021
Basel-Country BL SZ03 CH032
Basel-City BS SZ04 CH031
Fribourg FR SZ06 CH022
Geneva GE SZ07 CH013
Glarus GL SZ08 CH051
Grisons GR SZ09 CH056
Jura JU SZ26 CH025
Lucerne LU SZ11 CH061
Neuchâtel NE SZ12 CH024
Nidwalden NW SZ13 CH065
Obwalden OW SZ14 CH064
St. Gallen SG SZ15 CH055
Schaffhausen SH SZ16 CH052
Solothurn SO SZ18 CH023
Schwyz SZ SZ17 CH063
Thurgau TG SZ19 CH057
Ticino TI SZ20 CH07  
Uri UR SZ21 CH062
Vaud VD SZ23 CH011
Valais VS SZ22 CH012
Zug ZG SZ24 CH066
Zurich ZH SZ25 CH04  

Municipalities


See Community Identification Number#Switzerland

Localities


See Postal codes in Switzerland and Liechtenstein

Airports


See

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★ List of airports in Switzerland

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