---
id: "frpostcode"
kind: "pattern"
status: "draft"
is_pii: true
categories: ["geo"]
country: ["FR"]
langs: ["fr"]
quality: 60
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/frpostcode"
---

# French postal code (`frpostcode`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

French postal code

- Pattern of: `postindex`
- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Geographic identifiers (geo)
- Countries: France (FR)
- Languages: French (fr)
- Classification: categorical

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
\d{5}
```

## Examples

- `75008` — Paris
- `97439` — Sainte-Rose

## Mappings

- fta: `POSTAL_CODE.POSTAL_CODE_FR`

## Supported by tools

- `csvdetective`
- `fta`
- `talend`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_codes_in_France>
- other: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1105640>

## Quality

Score 60/100. Missing: description, anchored regexp, negative example, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/frpostcode.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/FR/geo/frpostcode.yaml>