ISO 3166-2:CH

ISO 3166-2:CH is the entry for

The abbreviation is derived from Latin name for Switzerland, Confoederatio Helvetica ("Helvetic Confederation").

Currently for Switzerland, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 26 cantons.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is CH, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Switzerland. The second part is two letters, currently used in vehicle registration plates.

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

ISO 639-1 codes are used to represent subdivision names in the following administrative languages:

• (de): German
• (fr): French
• (it): Italian
• (rm): Romansh

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Code	Subdivision name
CH-AG	Aargau (de)
CH-AR	Appenzell Ausserrhoden (de)
CH-AI	Appenzell Innerrhoden (de)
CH-BL	Basel-Landschaft (de)
CH-BS	Basel-Stadt (de)
CH-BE	Bern (de), Berne (fr)
CH-FR	Fribourg (fr), Freiburg (de)
CH-GE	Genève (fr)
CH-GL	Glarus (de)
CH-GR	Graubünden (de), Grigioni (it), Grischun (rm)
CH-JU	Jura (fr)
CH-LU	Luzern (de)
CH-NE	Neuchâtel (fr)
CH-NW	Nidwalden (de)
CH-OW	Obwalden (de)
CH-SG	Sankt Gallen (de)
CH-SH	Schaffhausen (de)
CH-SZ	Schwyz (de)
CH-SO	Solothurn (de)
CH-TG	Thurgau (de)
CH-TI	Ticino (it)
CH-UR	Uri (de)
CH-VS	Valais (fr), Wallis (de)
CH-VD	Vaud (fr)
CH-ZG	Zug (de)
CH-ZH	Zürich (de)

Changes

The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998:

See also

• Subdivisions of Switzerland
• FIPS region codes of Switzerland
• NUTS codes of Switzerland
• Comparison of ISO, FIPS, and NUTS codes of the cantons of Switzerland
• Neighbouring countries: AT, DE, FR, IT, LI

External links

• ISO Online Browsing Platform: CH
• Cantons of Switzerland, Statoids.com