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Belgian postal code

ID be_postcode

Pattern of postindexPersonal data (PII)categorical

Four-digit postal code used in Belgium since 1969; it never starts with 0. The first digit mostly shows the province, though some ranges are shared: 1xxx covers Brussels, western Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant, 3xxx eastern Flemish Brabant and Limburg, 6xxx parts of Hainaut and Luxembourg. The main town of an area has the round number, as in 8000 (Bruges) and 8500 (Kortrijk). Some institutions such as the EU institutions, NATO and the broadcasters have codes of their own. bpost asks not to write a country prefix such as B- before the code.

Pattern of
Postal code/index postindex
Categories
Geographic identifiers, Personally identifiable information, Common
Countries
Belgium
Languages
Dutch, French, German
Quality
90/100 · missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...)
Metacrafter rules
no detection rule yet
Supported by tools
Talend (Qlik Talend Data Preparation, Data Catalog and Data Inventory)

Regular expression

^[1-9]\d{3}$

Python re syntax.

Examples

ValueDescription
1000Brussels
2000Antwerp
8500Kortrijk
9000Ghent
B-8500 invalidCountry prefix is not part of the code
85000 invalidFive digits
0850 invalidCodes do not start with 0

Translations

LanguageNameDescription
DutchPostcodeViercijferige Belgische postcode (sinds 1969); het eerste cijfer geeft meestal de provincie aan.
FrenchCode postalCode postal belge à quatre chiffres (depuis 1969); le premier chiffre indique le plus souvent la province.
GermanPostleitzahl
RussianПочтовый индекс БельгииЧетырёхзначный почтовый индекс Бельгии (с 1969 года); первая цифра обычно обозначает провинцию.

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