What is INSEE?
'''INSEE''' ({{lang-fr|'''I'''nstitut '''N'''ational de la '''S'''tatistique et des '''É'''tudes '''É'''conomiques}}) is the [[France|French]] national institute for [[Statistics]] and [[Economy|Economic]] studies. The INSEE was created in [[1946]]. It replaced the [[National]] Statistics Service (SNS) which was created under the ''Vichy government'' during [[World War II]]. == INSEE Code == '''INSEE codes''' (or '''COG''') are given to [[Communes in France|Communes]] in [[France]]. They consist of 8 digits (numbers) but there is a simple version with 5 digits. The first two digits (3 for [[Overseas France]]) are the number of the [[departments of France|department]]. The other 2 (or 3) numbers are the number of the commune. The INSEE code is not the same as the [[postcode]]. {{France-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Statistics organizations]] [[Category:Scientific organizations based in France]]