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 (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, two letter)
 * Internet Country code top-level domain (ccTLD) (see .ch)
 * Distinguishing sign of vehicles in international traffic
 * International Union of Railways alphabetical UIC Country Code
 * WIPO ST.3


 * CHE :ISO country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, three letter code)


 * EO39 : Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS)
 * HB : ICAO aircraft registration prefix (since 1935, before: CH)
 * HBA-HBZ, HEA-HEZ :ITU callsign prefix
 * LS : ICAO airport code or nationality letters for location indicator (see also: List of airport codes: LS)
 * SUI :IOC country code
 * FIFA 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
 * 85 : International Union of Railways numeric UIC Country Code
 * 228 : E.212 Mobile country code
 * 269 : ITU maritime identification digits
 * 756 :ISO country code (ISO 3166-1 numeric, numeric code)
 * 760-769 :GS1 prefix of GTIN (barcodes) by GS1 Switzerland


 * ШВА: Cyrillic three-letter country codes per GOST 7.67 or ISO 3166-88 standard

NUTS-2 regions
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:

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

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 ISO 3166-2 codes of Switzerland, e.g. CH-SZ for the canton of Schwyz.

SFSO also uses a numerical code ordering the cantons by their constitutional order (1 to 26).

The FIPS 10-4 region codes of Switzerland were used by the United States government. This standard was withdrawn in 2008.

The NUTS-3 codes are used by the European Union.

Districts
Districts are assigned three-digit numerical codes by SFSO.

Districts are used as LAU-1 level.

Municipalities
See Community Identification Number

Municipalities are used as LAU-2 level.

Localities
See Postal codes in Switzerland and Liechtenstein

Airports
See
 * List of airports by ICAO code: L
 * List of airports in Switzerland