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Switzerland address formats & examples

How to write a Swiss address

Yodel-ay-ee-ooooo! It’s time to learn how to address a letter that’s headed to Switzerland. Don’t feel like you have to look too closely at your Swiss watch. This should only take a second. Writing a letter to your clients, friends, and family in Switzerland couldn’t be easier. All you have to do is follow our Swiss address examples here and try our suite of address validation tools for Switzerland’s address formats below. Just enter an address, and we'll format, standardize, and validate it faster than you can say “Swiss cheese.”

Now, let's get into the basics of Switzerland’s address format. Swiss address formatting for shipping or mailing addresses should be written as follows:

  1. Addressee line - The recipient's full name, using appropriate titles.
  2. Street name and house or building number - The street name followed immediately by the building number go on this line. No separating commas are needed.
  3. Postal code and city - Include the five-digit postal code followed by the city name without punctuation marks.
  4. Country - Write "CHE" in all caps on the last line. Yay! You’re done!
Switzerland address example

Switzerland address examples

Typical address example

Landstrasse 10B

4313 Möhlin

CHE

Postal box example

Uraniastrasse 7

Postfach 14

8001 Zürich

CHE

Smarty address validation tools

Smarty™ has a suite of address validation tools that can format, standardize, and validate Switzerland addresses, plus addresses in 240+ other countries and territories worldwide. Validate your Swiss address with our tools.
Use the Single Address Verification Tool to verify and format 1 address at a time, the Bulk Address Validation Tool to verify and format a list addresses simultaneously, or use the International Street Address API to integrate address validation and formatting programmatically into your software systems and workflows.

Postal information

Switzerland's national postal system, "Swiss Post," was established in 1849. As of recent data, Swiss Post services approximately 24,072 addresses, reflecting its extensive reach throughout Switzerland. The organization manages a substantial network, indicative of its role as a major postal service provider in the region.
Administrative area types and count
26 cantons
Administration area names and abbreviations

Aargau (AG)

Appenzell Ausserrhoden (AR)

Appenzell Innerrhoden (AI)

Basel-Landschaft (BL)

Basel-Stadt (BS)

Bern (BE)

Fribourg (FR)

Geneva (GE)

Glarus (GL)

Graubünden (GR)

Jura (JU)

Lucerne (LU)

Neuchâtel (NE)

Nidwalden (NW)

Obwalden (OW)

Schaffhausen (SH)

Schwyz (SZ)

Solothurn (SO)

St. Gallen (SG)

Thurgau (TG)

Ticino (TI)

Uri (UR)

Valais (VS)

Vaud (VD)

Zug (ZG)

Zürich (ZH)

Term to describe postal codes
postal code
Postal code in language
postleitzahl
Postal code format
9999
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Country information

See? Now you know how to write a Swiss address, but maybe you want to get even deeper! We do, too. Stock up on your Swiss cocoa, and let’s learn even more about Switzerland’s address format.

Country/territory name
Switzerland
ISO3
CHE
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
CH
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code
CHE
ISO 3166-1 numeric country code
756
Endonym
Suisse
Total land area
41,290 KM²
Capital
Bern
Other major cities
Zurich, Geneva, Basel

Population information

Total population
8,849,852 (2023)
Urban / rural distribution
74% / 26%
Urban population
6,548,890
Rural population
2,300,962
Official language
German, French, Italian, Romansh
All languages spoken
German, French, Italian
Most commonly used postal language
German
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Now that you've seen our Switzerland address examples and have become as wizard at Swiss address formats, why not expand your expertise even further? Visit the international address formats page for information on other countries and territories we cover.

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