Switzerland phone, postal codes

As one of the world community, Switzerland has a lot of established codes and marks in various international organizations and communities.

According to the ISO 2-letter designation of Switzerland is written «CH». This designation was based on full ancient Latin name of the Swiss Confederation - «Confoederatio Helvetica». Also in the 3-lettering, it is written «CHE»

Also the ISO national top-level domain name is .ch

Phone codes

International telephone code Switzerland +41

Consisting of cantons, Switzerland`s phone codes based on division of cities and settlements. It was introduced on March 29, 2002. Before it there was another system of telephone codes division.

To make international calls from Switzerland, there is the international code "00" or "+".

Airport codes
ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) standard for airports Switzerland set codes starting with the prefix «LS».
IATA (International Air Transport Association) does not present a specific code prefix for swiss airports.

See also:
Postal codes
NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics) codes