How to address a letter to Switzerland

Learn how to address and mail letters to Switzerland - with address examples and many tips.

How to write an address to Switzerland

Here’s what a typical address in Switzerland looks like for postal mail.

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Recipient name

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Street name House number

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Postal code City

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Country

Learn more about addresses in Switzerland

Address example Switzerland
Basic structure:

Max Schweizer
Musterweg 4
3001 Bern
SWITZERLAND

Address example Switzerland
With additional Information:

Herr
Max Schweizer
Musterweg 4/8
3001 Bern
SWITZERLAND

Address example Switzerland
For P.O. box:

Example SA
Rue de Bourgogne 5
Case postale 12
1211 Geneva 6
SWITZERLAND

Postal information

Domestic postal service

Swiss Post

Country name

Switzerland

Postal code format

4 digits (eg: 0123)

Standard address field position

Bottom right

Address text alignment

Left-aligned

Postal code regex

^(\d{4})$

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code

CH

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code

CHE

UN M49 numeric country code

756

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Country information

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Common name (English)

Switzerland

Official name (English)

Swiss Confederation

Native name

Confédération suisse (Suisse)

Capital

Bern

Continent

Europe

Subregion

Western Europe

Area

41,284 km²

Borders with

Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein

Currency

CHF (Swiss franc, Symbol: Fr.)

Time zone

UTC+01:00

Google Maps link

https://goo.gl/maps/uVuZcXaxSx5jLyEC9

OpenStreetMap link

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/51701

Total population

9,082,848

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