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There are 6 328 postal codes scattered across 35 007 communes, according to the latest La Poste publication (May 2026).
4 207 postal codes span multiple communes (66,5 %). The remaining 2 121 postal codes cover just one commune. Most postal codes stay within a single department, except for 16 postal codes that span two.
Conversely, 394 municipalities have multiple postal codes, or 1,1 %. These are mostly large communes like Paris or Lyon, but also some smaller ones that have been administratively split or merged.
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Postal code format
All about French postal code format: 5 digits, from 01000 to 98890.
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Postal code distribution
Graphical visualization of all 6,328 French postal codes: each pixel represents one existing postal code.
Data sources used
The four datasets used by moncodepostal.fr: HEXASMAL (La Poste), ADMIN EXPRESS (IGN), the National Address Database, and the geocoding API.
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Browse the lists by département 101
- 01 Ain 60
- 02 Aisne 69
- 03 Allier 44
- 04 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 47
- 05 Hautes-Alpes 33
- 06 Alpes-Maritimes 64
- 07 Ardèche 52
- 08 Ardennes 38
- 09 Ariège 30
- 10 Aube 42
- 11 Aude 48
- 12 Aveyron 56
- 13 Bouches-du-Rhône 127
- 14 Calvados 88
- 15 Cantal 33
- 16 Charente 51
- 17 Charente-Maritime 79
- 18 Cher 38
- 19 Corrèze 44
- 2A Corse-du-Sud 59
- 2B Haute-Corse 51
- 21 Côte-d'Or 59
- 22 Côtes-d'Armor 78
- 23 Creuse 35
- 24 Dordogne 61
- 25 Doubs 70
- 26 Drôme 51
- 27 Eure 83
- 28 Eure-et-Loir 35
- 29 Finistère 89
- 30 Gard 83
- 31 Haute-Garonne 70
- 32 Gers 45
- 33 Gironde 100
- 34 Hérault 80
- 35 Ille-et-Vilaine 80
- 36 Indre 33
- 37 Indre-et-Loire 41
- 38 Isère 98
- 39 Jura 38
- 40 Landes 50
- 41 Loir-et-Cher 31
- 42 Loire 78
- 43 Haute-Loire 49
- 44 Loire-Atlantique 83
- 45 Loiret 59
- 46 Lot 31
- 47 Lot-et-Garonne 44
- 48 Lozère 29
- 49 Maine-et-Loire 69
- 50 Manche 75
- 51 Marne 45
- 52 Haute-Marne 32
- 53 Mayenne 43
- 54 Meurthe-et-Moselle 107
- 55 Meuse 29
- 56 Morbihan 76
- 57 Moselle 114
- 58 Nièvre 45
- 59 Nord 250
- 60 Oise 95
- 61 Orne 45
- 62 Pas-de-Calais 150
- 63 Puy-de-Dôme 97
- 64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques 55
- 65 Hautes-Pyrénées 44
- 66 Pyrénées-Orientales 64
- 67 Bas-Rhin 96
- 68 Haut-Rhin 90
- 69 Rhône 92
- 70 Haute-Saône 30
- 71 Saône-et-Loire 65
- 72 Sarthe 46
- 73 Savoie 58
- 74 Haute-Savoie 60
- 75 Paris 21
- 76 Seine-Maritime 91
- 77 Seine-et-Marne 121
- 78 Yvelines 100
- 79 Deux-Sèvres 42
- 80 Somme 83
- 81 Tarn 49
- 82 Tarn-et-Garonne 33
- 83 Var 74
- 84 Vaucluse 60
- 85 Vendée 65
- 86 Vienne 51
- 87 Haute-Vienne 50
- 88 Vosges 53
- 89 Yonne 57
- 90 Territoire de Belfort 23
- 91 Essonne 86
- 92 Hauts-de-Seine 37
- 93 Seine-Saint-Denis 41
- 94 Val-de-Marne 45
- 95 Val-d'Oise 77
- 971 Guadeloupe 33
- 972 Martinique 30
- 973 Guyane 25
- 974 La Réunion 37
- 976 Mayotte 11
Lists by overseas collectivity 7
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Frequently asked questions
How many postal codes are there in France?
France has 6,328 postal codes (for 35,007 communes), of which 4,207 are shared by multiple communes.
Can multiple communes share the same postal code?
Yes — it's actually the most common case: 4,207 postal codes are shared by several communes (66.5%).
Can a postal code span multiple departments?
Yes — 16 French postal codes cover municipalities located in two different départements.
How many digits does a French postal code have?
Five, from 01000 (Bourg-en-Bresse) to 98890 (Païta). The first two digits generally correspond to the département number. Learn more
Which postal code covers the largest area?
Postal code 97370 (Maripasoula, Guyane) covers approximately 18,648 km² — larger than some European countries. In metropolitan France, the largest is 51800 (Sainte-Menehould) at 615 km². See the top 20
Which municipality has the most postal codes?
Paris has 21 postal codes, Marseille 16 and Lyon 9. But it is their municipal arrondissements that count as municipalities in La Poste's database. After those, Toulouse, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin and Saint-Paul (La Réunion) each have 6 postal codes. See the full list
Which postal code covers the most municipalities?
Postal code 51300 (Vitry-le-François) covers 46 municipalities, followed by 51800 (Sainte-Menehould) with 44. See the top 20