Postal codes

A postal code is a series of letters and/or numbers for sorting mail. The postal code point dataset shows the location of postal codes, NUTS codes and the degree of urbanisation classification across EU, EFTA and candidate countries from various sources.

Its primary purpose is to create correspondence tables for the NUTS classification defined under the EU regulation 1059/2003 as part of the EU regulation 2017/2391 (Tercet). These correspondence tables are available for download from our Tercet flat files page.

The dataset is released under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 licence and requires the following acknowledgement whenever used:

© European Union - GISCO, 2021, postal code point dataset, Licence CC-BY-SA 4.0.

The data lineage and processing steps are detailed in the  methodological file.

‘Non-geographical’ postal codes (e.g. post boxes and postal codes used by large organisations) are not included in this dataset as they are not available in most of the data sources. Due to the very diverse and complex situation in Europe, all existing postal codes might not be included or correctly located. Any omissions or errors should be reported to Eurostat's user support.

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