Data codes for Switzerland
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These are data codes for Switzerland.
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[edit] 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: List of airport codes: LS) - HBA-HBZ,
HEA-HEZ :ITU callsign prefix - 760-769
- GS1 prefix of GTIN (barcodes) by GS1 Switzerland
See also: Country codes: S#Switzerland
[edit] 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 |
[edit] 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.
| 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 |
[edit] Municipalities
See Community Identification Number#Switzerland
[edit] Localities
See Postal codes in Switzerland and Liechtenstein
[edit] Airports
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