A Community Identification Number (also known as an Official Municipality Key, Official Municipality Characteristic Number or Municipality Code Number) is a number sequence for the identification of politically independent municipalities or unincorporated areas in Germany. Other classifications for the identification of areas include postal codes, NUTS codes or FIPS codes.
Germany
In Germany the Official Municipality Key serves statistical purposes and is issued 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 consists of eight digits, which are generated as follows: The designate the individual German state. The designates the government district (in areas without government districts a zero is used instead). The designate the number of the urban area (in a district-free city) or the district (in a city with districts). The indicate the municipality or the number of the unincorporated area.
Examples : Stuttgart
: Baden-Württemberg : Government district of Stuttgart : Urban area of Stuttgart : No other municipality is available, since Stuttgart is an urban area
: Aschersleben
: Saxony-Anhalt : Government district of Magdeburg : District of Aschersleben Staßfurt : City of Aschersleben
Federal States 01: Schleswig-Holstein 02: Hamburg 03: Lower Saxony 04: Bremen 05: North Rhine-Westphalia 06: Hesse 07: Rhineland-Palatinate 08: Baden-Württemberg 09: Bavaria 10: Saarland 11: Berlin 12: Brandenburg 13: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 14: Saxony 15: Saxony-Anhalt 16: Thuringia
Austria
Structure The municipality identifier consists of five digits in Austria, which are generated as follows: The designates the number of the Austrian state, the designate the district, and the designate the municipality.
Examples : Rappottenstein
: Lower Austria : Zwettl district : Municipality of Rappottenstein
: Vienna - Neubau
: Vienna : Neubau (7th district) : District of Neubau
Federal States 1 Burgenland 2 Carinthia 3 Lower Austria 4 Upper Austria 5 Salzburg 6 Styria 7 Tyrol 8 Vorarlberg 9 Vienna
Switzerland
Structure The Swiss Federal Statistical Office 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 Canton Range Canton of Zurich 0001-0261 Canton of Bern 0301-0996 Canton of Lucerne 1001-1150 Canton of Uri 1201-1220 Canton of Schwyz 1301-1375 Canton of Obwalden 1401-1407 Canton of Nidwalden 1501-1511 Canton of Glarus 1601-1629 Canton of Zug 1701-1711 Canton of Fribourg 2001-2336 Canton of Solothurn 2401-2622 Canton of Basel-Stadt 2701-2703 Canton of Basel-Landschaft 2761-2895 Canton of Schaffhausen 2901-2974 Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden 3001-3038 Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden 3101-3111 Canton of St. Gallen 3201-3444 Canton of Grisons 3501-3987 Canton of Aargau 4001-4323 Canton of Thurgau 4401-4951 Canton of Ticino 5001-5322 Canton of Vaud 5401-5939 Canton of Valais 6001-6300 Canton of Neuchâtel 6401-6511 Canton of Geneva 6601-6645 Canton of Jura 6701-6806
France See Code officiel géographique.
Poland See System identyfikatorów i nazw miejscowości
Sweden A kommunkod (municipal code) is a numerical code given to all Swedish municipalities by the Swedish tax authorities. The code consists of four digits, the first two indicating which county the municipality is situated in, and the last two specific for the municipality.
The code system was introduced with the municipal reform of 1952. There were three different categories of municipalities at the time, which affected the number that they were allocated. Those with stad-status (cities) were given codes ending in 80 to 99, smaller towns (köping) 60 to 79 and rural municipalities 01 to 59. The county seats were allocated codes ending in 80.
As part of the reform in the early 1970s, the categorization of municipalities was abolished, but the code was in most cases preserved. When several municipalities were merged, the code for the biggest municipality was kept.
Philippines
Structure
Usually known as the municipal code or , the number comprises nine digits rrppmmbbb, for which rr = region code, pp = province code, code, bbb = barangay code.
For example, the municipality of Ubay, Bohol has a code of 071246000 meaning region 07 (Central Visayas), province 12 (Bohol), municipality 46 (Ubay) with barangay code of zero signifying "not at this level." Bongbong, one of its constituent barangays, has a code of 071246007.
The province code is unique and is independent of the region code. All PSGCs, are therefore, unique.
See also Municipalities of Sweden List of municipalities of Sweden (with municipality codes)
References
External links City listing with municipality key City listing with municipality key