Data codes for Switzerland

These are data codes for Switzerland.

Contents 1 Country 2 NUTS 3 Cantons 4 Municipalities 5 Localities 6 Airports 7 External links

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

NUTS

As a member of the EFTA, Switzerland is included in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS). The three NUTS levels are:

• NUTS-1: Switzerland (CH0)
• 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

Below the NUTS levels, there are two LAU levels (LAU-1: districts; LAU-2: municipalities).

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 of Switzerland start with the prefix "CH-", i.e. CH-SZ for the canton of Schwyz.

The FIPS region codes of Switzerland were used by the United States government. This standard was withdrawn in 2008.

The NUTS codes of Switzerland were used by the European Union.

Data codes for Cantons of Switzerland

Canton	ISO 3166-2	FIPS 10-4	NUTS-3
Aargau	AG	SZ01	CH033
Appenzell Innerrhoden	AI	SZ10	CH054
Appenzell Ausserrhoden	AR	SZ02	CH053
Berne	BE	SZ05	CH021
Basel-Landschaft	BL	SZ03	CH032
Basel-Stadt	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	CH070
Uri	UR	SZ21	CH062
Vaud	VD	SZ23	CH011
Valais	VS	SZ22	CH012
Zug	ZG	SZ24	CH066
Zürich	ZH	SZ25	CH040

Municipalities

See Community Identification Number#Switzerland

Localities

See Postal codes in Switzerland and Liechtenstein

Airports

See

• List of airports by ICAO code: L#LS - Switzerland
• List of airports in Switzerland

External links

• Cantons of Switzerland, Statoids.com