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Postal codes were introduced in France in 1964, when La Poste introduced automated sorting.They were updated to use the current 5 digit system in 1972. France uses five-digit numeric postal codes, the first two digits representing the département in which the city is located.
Overseas Department of France. French codes used. Range 97300 – 97390. French Polynesia: PF: 987NN Overseas Collectivity of France. French codes used. Range 98700–98790. French Southern and Antarctic Territories: TF – no codes - French codes in the 98400 range have been reserved. Gabon: GA: no codes Gambia: GM: no codes Georgia: GE: NNNN ...
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Post office sign in Farrer, Australian Capital Territory, showing postcode 2607. A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail.
The postal codes do not indicate precisely the communes but the location of the post office in charge for the distribution, and many rural communes share the same postal code number as the commune where the post office is located. There are also 5-digit INSEE codes for foreign countries and territories, beginning with 99. [3]
In 1983, the U.S. Postal Service introduced an expanded ZIP Code system that it named ZIP+4, often known as "plus-four codes", "add-on codes", or "add-ons". A ZIP+4 Code uses the basic five-digit code plus four additional digits to identify a geographic segment within the five-digit delivery area, such as a city block, a group of apartments, an ...
Uniquely among French cities, Paris is both a municipality (commune) and a department (département). Under the PLM Law ( Loi PLM ) of 1982, which redefined the governance of Paris, Lyon, and Marseille, hence the PLM acronym , there are both a city council called the Council of Paris , and 20 arrondissement councils in Paris.
Plus Codes logo. The Open Location Code (OLC) is a geocode based on a system of regular grids for identifying an area anywhere on the Earth. [1] It was developed at Google's Zürich engineering office, [2] and released late October 2014. [3] Location codes created by the OLC system are referred to as "plus codes".