INSEE code

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The INSEE code (

Each French person receives at birth a national identification number, the "numéro d'inscription au répertoire" (NIR or National Repertory registration), also called a "numéro de sécurité sociale" (or Social Security number). This INSEE number is composed of 13 digits + a two-digit key. Although the total number is of 15 digits, its composition makes it easy for individuals to remember at least the first seven digits (they just have to know their sex, year and month of birth, and department of birth). Since this number is used in many administrative procedures (whether by the state or by private enterprises), most people know by memory part of this identification number.

Their format is as follows: syymmlloookkk cc,^[1] where

• s is 1 for a male, 2 for a female,
• yy are the last two digits of the year of birth,
• mm is the month of birth, usually 01 to 12 (but there are special values for persons whose exact date of birth is not known),
• ll is the number of the department of origin : 2 digits, or 1 digit and 1 letter in metropolitan France, 3 digits for overseas.
• ooo is the
  commune
  of origin (a department is composed of various communes) : 3 digits in metropolitan France or 2 digits for overseas.
• kkk is an order number to distinguish people being born at the same place in the same year and month. This number is the one given by the Acte de naissance, an official paper which officialize a birth (and is needed throughout life for various administrative procedures, such as getting an
  identity card
  ).
• 'cc' is the "control key", 01 to 97, equal to 97-(the rest of the number modulo 97).
  There are exceptions for people in particular situations.^[1]

The "sex" codes (s: 1 for male, 2 for female) can be given in special occasions for temporary registrations, such as for someone who a person who works as a wage-earner but is not registered for miscellaneous reasons. The sex code can be changed if someone underwent

The part llooo is used together, referred to as the COG, which identifies the person's location of birth.[1]

They are also specific codes for people whose date or place of birth is unknown, although this is today more and more rare (for example, the birth code is greater than 20 if the month of birth is unknown, and the communal code is 990 if the commune of origin is unknown). For

).

Geographical codes

INSEE also gives numerical indexing codes (French: les Codes INSEE) to various administrative entities in France:

• INSEE codes (known as COG, for Code officiel géographique) are given to various administrative units, notably the French
  postcodes
  , as there are 36,778 communes in France and many have the same name). The code has five digits:
  • 2 digits (
    département
    ) and 3 digits (commune) for the 96 départements of Metropolitan France.
  • 3 digits (département or collectivity) and 2 digits (commune) for the overseas departments and overseas collectivities.

The departmental codes are well known since they were used as the last two digits of

vehicle registration plates (75 is Paris, 13 Marseille, 31 Toulouse

, etc.). However, this vehicle registration plate numbering system became optional in 2009 so the last two digits no longer necessarily indicate the department to which the car is registered.

The commune codes were assigned initially by numbering the alphabetically ordered list of commune names within each department or overseas division. Exceptions have occurred over time because some communes were renamed, some communes were split and new communes have been added to the end of the list.

The departmental codes are also best known as part of the French postal codes; but the postal codes do not include the INSEE commune numbers but were designed by geographical series starting by the main city of the department and then split geographically around them, with additional series given for special distribution. Some areas of the largest and most populated communes can also be assigned distinct series. The postal codes do not indicate precisely the communes but the location of the post office in charge for the distribution, and many rural communes share the same postal code number as the commune where the post office is located.

There are also 5-digit INSEE codes for foreign countries and territories, beginning with 99.[3]

See also

Wikidata has the properties:

• INSEE municipality code (P374) (see uses)
• INSEE canton code (P2506) (see uses)
• INSEE region code (P2585) (see uses)
• INSEE department code (P2586) (see uses)
• INSEE arrondissement code (P3423) (see uses)
• INSEE countries and foreign territories code (P3422) (see uses)

• INSEE
• Biometrics
• National identification number
• National Insurance number (a similar number in the United Kingdom)
• Death Master File
• Social insurance number (a similar number in Canada)
• Uniform civil number (a similar number in Bulgaria
  )
• Personal ID Number (CURP) (Mexico) (a similar number in Mexico
  )
• Service number
• SNILS (a similar number in Russia)
• PAN (a similar number in India)
• Tax file number (a similar number in Australia)
• Cadastro de Pessoas Físicas (similar number in Brazil
  )
• NIE Number (a similar number in Spain
  )
• PPS number
  (Irish system)
• Codice Fiscale (a similar number in Italy
  )

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Normalisation du numero INSEE des personnes physiques" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-05-13.
2. ^ "Changement de numéro de sécurité sociale". Wiki Trans (in French). 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
3. ^ "Codification des pays et territoires étrangers". INSEE. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

External links

• INSEE official website