Postal codes in France
Explore French postcodes with selected city summaries and detailed guides to ten cities across metropolitan France.
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French postcodes contain five digits. Keep leading zeros, as in 06000 Nice. Write the postcode before the postal locality, with FRANCE on the final line for international mail. The tables below show selected codes; each city guide lists all its codes in the cited La Poste dataset.
Bordeaux
| Locality / associated locality | Postal code |
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| BORDEAUX | 33000 |
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| BORDEAUX | 33200 |
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| BORDEAUX | 33800 |
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Lille
| Locality / associated locality | Postal code |
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| LILLE | 59000 |
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| LILLE · HELLEMMES LILLE | 59260 |
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| LILLE | 59800 |
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Lyon
| Locality / associated locality | Postal code |
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| LYON 01 | 69001 |
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| LYON 05 | 69005 |
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| LYON 09 | 69009 |
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Marseille
| Locality / associated locality | Postal code |
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| MARSEILLE 01 | 13001 |
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| MARSEILLE 09 · LES BAUMETTES · VAUFREGE | 13009 |
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| MARSEILLE 16 · L ESTAQUE | 13016 |
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Nantes
| Locality / associated locality | Postal code |
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| NANTES | 44000 |
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| NANTES | 44200 |
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| NANTES | 44300 |
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Nice
| Locality / associated locality | Postal code |
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| NICE | 06000 |
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| NICE · ST ISIDORE · ST ROMAN DE BELLET | 06200 |
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| NICE | 06300 |
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Paris
| Locality / associated locality | Postal code |
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| PARIS 01 | 75001 |
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| PARIS 16 | 75016 |
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| PARIS 20 | 75020 |
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| PARIS 16 | 75116 |
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Rennes
| Locality / associated locality | Postal code |
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| RENNES | 35000 |
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| RENNES | 35200 |
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| RENNES | 35700 |
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Strasbourg
| Locality / associated locality | Postal code |
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| STRASBOURG | 67000 |
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| STRASBOURG | 67100 |
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| STRASBOURG | 67200 |
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Toulouse
| Locality / associated locality | Postal code |
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| TOULOUSE | 31000 |
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| TOULOUSE | 31300 |
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| TOULOUSE | 31500 |
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La Poste official postcode database · 8 October 2026
Is a postcode the same as an INSEE code?
No. La Poste lists these in separate fields. A postcode routes mail; an INSEE code identifies a commune for administrative purposes. Copy the postcode from the recipient’s address, not the commune identifier.
What if the recipient gives a CEDEX address?
Keep the exact postcode, destination and CEDEX wording supplied by the recipient. CEDEX is a special business delivery service; do not replace its code with a geographical code from these city tables.
How do Paris, Lyon and Marseille postcodes relate to arrondissements?
The cited La Poste dataset lists 69001–69009 for Lyon’s nine arrondissements and 13001–13016 for Marseille’s sixteen. Paris has twenty arrondissements but twenty-one listed codes: PARIS 16 has both 75016 and 75116.
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