French canton code (INSEE)
ID fr_canton_code
DatatypeNot PIIcategoricalDraft
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Code of a canton in the INSEE Official Geographic Code (COG) - the department code followed by two digits, 4 characters in metropolitan France and 5 in overseas departments. The COG also lists pseudo-cantons (canton-ville) that group whole communes, numbered from 99 downwards, and fictitious cantons for communes nouvelles, numbered from 89 downwards.
- Categories
- Geographic identifiers, Government related
- Countries
- France
- Languages
- French
- Wikidata
- P2506
- Quality
- 90/100 · missing: detector coverage
- Metacrafter rules
- no detection rule yet
- Supported by tools
- no tool record lists this type yet
Regular expression
^(?:\d{2}|2[AB]|97[1-6])\d{2}$Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| 0101 | Ambérieu-en-Bugey |
| 2A01 | Ajaccio-1 |
| 97101 | Les Abymes-1 |
| 7599 | Paris (pseudo-canton) |
| 01-01 invalid | separator is not used |
Translations
| Language | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| French | Code canton | |
| Russian | Код кантона Франции (INSEE) |
Sources
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2506
- doc: https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/definition/c1725
- doc: https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/8740222
Use this record
- Page URL:
https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/fr_canton_code - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
- Improve it: edit
data/datatypes/FR/geo/fr_canton_code.yamlon GitHub