Key:postal code

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postal_code

Description:

For tagging postal codes of streets and areas.

Group:

Location

Element: help

Implies:

Tagwatch: help

You can tag nodes, ways, and areas with postal_code=* to describe the postal code of an area or a specific building. See Relation:postal code for a way to handle this with relations.

Postal code systems

Take a look at Wikipedia to read more about the different postal code-systems! (Choose language: de - en - fr - nl).

( ) = optional

Country	System	Example	Kosmos rendering rules
Australia	`0000` (4 digits)	6797	Kosmos postal code rendering rules/au
Austria	`0000` (4 digits)	6797	Kosmos postal code rendering rules/at
Germany	`00000` (5 digits)	06797	Kosmos postal code rendering rules/de
Spain	`00000` (5 digits)	99096	Kosmos postal code rendering rules/sp
Swiss	`0000` (4 digits)	6797	Kosmos postal code rendering rules/ch
The Netherlands	`0000` (4 digits)	6797	Kosmos postal code rendering rules/nl
UK	`A(A)0(0)`	W1, SW20	Kosmos postal code rendering rules/uk