The Official Munipality Key, formerly also known as the Official Municipality Characteristic Number or Municipality Code Number, is a number sequence for the identification of politically independent municipalities or municipality-free areas. Other names for the demarcation of such areas are ZIP codes or postal codes.

Germany

In Germany the Official Municipality Key serves statistical purposes and is used by the Federal Statistics Office and/or by the statistics offices of individual German states. The municipality key is to be indicated in instances such as changing residence on the notice of departure or registration documents. This is done at the registration office in every town's city hall.

Structure

The municipality key consits of eight numbers, which are generated as follows: The first two numbers designate the individual German state. The third digit designates the government district (in areas without government districts a zero is used instead). The fourth and fifth digits designate the number of the urban area (in a a district-free city) or the district (in a city with districts). The sixth, seventh, and eighth digits indicate the municipality or the number of the municipality-free area.

Examples

08 1 11 000: Stuttgart

• 08: Baden-Württemberg
• 1: Government district of Stuttgart
• 11: Urban area of Stuttgart
• 000: No othe rmunicipality is available, since Stuttgart is an urban area

15 3 52 002: Aschersleben

• 15: Sachsen-Anhalt
• 3: Government district of Magdeburg
• 52: District of Aschersleben Strassfurt
• 002: City of Aschersleben

Federal States

• 01: Schleswig-Holstein
• 02: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg
• 03: Niedersachsen
• 04: Freie Hansestadt Bremen
• 05: Nordrhein-Westfalen
• 06: Hessen
• 07: Rheinland-Pfalz
• 08: Baden-Württemberg
• 09: Bayern
• 10: Saarland
• 11: Berlin
• 12: Brandenburg
• 13: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• 14: Saxony
• 15: Sachsen-Anhalt
• 16: Thüringen

External link

• City listing with municipality key (http://www.destatis.de/gv/suche_gv2000.htm)

Austria

Structure

The municipality key consists of five digits in Austria, which are generated as follows: The first digit designates the number of the Austrian state, the second and third digits designate the district, and the fourth and fifth digits designate the municipality.

Examples

3 25 21: Rappottenstein

• 3: Lower Austria
• 25: Zwettl district
• 21: Municipality of Rappottenstein

9 07 01: Vienna - Neubau

• 9: Vienna
• 07: Neubau (7th district)
• 01: District of Neubau

Federal States

• 1 Burgenland
• 2 Carinthia
• 3 Lower Austria
• 4 Upper Austria
• 5 Salzburg
• 6 Steiermark
• 7 Tyrol
• 8 Vorarlberg
• 9 Vienna

External link

• City listing with municipality key (http://webapp.statistik.gv.at/blickgem/index.jsp)

Switzerland

Structure

The Swiss Federal Office for Statistics generates code numbers with up to four digits, which are sequentially assigned in accordance with the official order of the cantons, districts, and municipalities.

Cantons

• 1 Zürich
• 2 Bern (Berne)
• 3 Lucerne
• 4 Uri
• 5 Schwyz
• 6 Unterwalden
• 6.1 Obwalden (Obwald)
• 6.2 Nidwalden (Nidwald)
• 7 Glarus
• 8 Zug
• 9 Freiburg (Fribourg)
• 10 Solothurn
• 11.1 Basel-Stadt (Basel-City)
• 11.2 Basel-Landschaft (Basel-County)
• 12 Schaffhausen
• 13.1 Appenzell Ausserrhoden (Outer Rhodes)
• 13.2 Appenzell Innerrhoden (Inner Rhodes)
• 14 St. Gallen (St. Gall)
• 15 Graubünden (Grigioni, Grisons)
• 16 Aargau (Argovia)
• 17 Thurgau (Thurgovia)
• 18 Ticino
• 19 Vaud
• 20 Valais (Wallis)
• 21 Neuchâtel (Neuenburg)
• 22 Genève (Genf)
• 23 Jura