List Of Postal Codes In Italy
Italy's postal code system is called CAP (Codice di Avviamento Postale, literally: Postal Expedition Code). CAP are routing information for all the Italian cities and towns which have just a single CAP each; 28 city centres have a specific CAP. The Vatican City and San Marino also use the Italian postcode system.
Italian CAP postal codes have an optional prefix of "I-" (or "IT-", or none at all, depending on where the mail originates) followed by five digits. The region name is not used in the postal address, but the provincia is included as the 2-letter abbreviation of the province's capital. Thus a Mr Mario Rossi living in 10 Garibaldi street in the town of Buccinasco in the province of Milan will be addressed as follows:
- Mario Rossi
- Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, 10
- 20090 Buccinasco (MI)
- ITALY
whereby the town of Buccinasco is in the provincia of Milan (MI); the region (Lombardy) is not included in the address.
The 2-letter abbreviation of the provincial capital is usually not included in addresses for large towns characterised by multi-CAP in their city centres. Thus a Mr Mario Rossi living in 10 Dante street in the city of Rome in the province of Rome will be addressed as follows:
- Mario Rossi
- Via Dante, 10
- 00194 Roma
- ITALY
whereby neither the provincia of Rome (RM) nor the region (Lazio) are included in the address.
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