title: Data codes for Switzerland
text: # 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:
  
  | 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 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.
  
  Data codes for Cantons of Switzerland :
  
  | Canton | Two-letter Abbr. | Numeric | FIPS 10-4 | NUTS-3 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Aargau | AG | 19 | SZ01 | CH033 |
  | Appenzell Innerrhoden | AI | 15 | SZ10 | CH054 |
  | Appenzell Ausserrhoden | AR | 16 | SZ02 | CH053 |
  | Berne | BE | 2 | SZ05 | CH021 |
  | Basel-Landschaft | BL | 13 | SZ03 | CH032 |
  | Basel-Stadt | BS | 12 | SZ04 | CH031 |
  | Fribourg | FR | 10 | SZ06 | CH022 |
  | Geneva | GE | 25 | SZ07 | CH013 |
  | Glarus | GL | 8 | SZ08 | CH051 |
  | Grisons | GR | 18 | SZ09 | CH056 |
  | Jura | JU | 26 | SZ26 | CH025 |
  | Lucerne | LU | 3 | SZ11 | CH061 |
  | Neuchâtel | NE | 24 | SZ12 | CH024 |
  | Nidwalden | NW | 7 | SZ13 | CH065 |
  | Obwalden | OW | 6 | SZ14 | CH064 |
  | St. Gallen | SG | 17 | SZ15 | CH055 |
  | Schaffhausen | SH | 14 | SZ16 | CH052 |
  | Solothurn | SO | 11 | SZ18 | CH023 |
  | Schwyz | SZ | 5 | SZ17 | CH063 |
  | Thurgau | TG | 20 | SZ19 | CH057 |
  | Ticino | TI | 21 | SZ20 | CH070 |
  | Uri | UR | 4 | SZ21 | CH062 |
  | Vaud | VD | 22 | SZ23 | CH011 |
  | Valais | VS | 23 | SZ22 | CH012 |
  | Zug | ZG | 9 | SZ24 | CH066 |
  | Zürich | ZH | 1 | SZ25 | CH040 |
  
  ## Districts
  
  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
  
  See
  
  * List of airports by ICAO code: L#LS – Switzerland and Liechtenstein
  * List of airports in Switzerland
  