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    Vatican City address format & examples

    How to write a Vatican address

    Looking to learn how to write a Vatican address? You're in luck because we can help!

    Smarty is the premier provider of international address data tools. If you need Vatican City addresses validated or anywhere in the world, you can do so with Smarty. You can also write a letter to anywhere in the world and know it’s going to get there the first time. Here’s how Vatican City’s addresses should be formatted:

    1. Street and premise - The street name comes first, followed by the building or unit number.
    2. Postal code and city and administrative area—On the same line, list the postal code, followed by the city and then the governing area or province.
    3. Country - This can be shortened to VAT. Yay!
    Vatican City residential address format example

    Vatican City address examples

    Residential address exampleArrowhead Dr 10560 22030 Va Stato Estero VAT
    Address example with unitsSuite 730 Arlington S Clark St 1401 22202 Va Stato Estero VAT
    Commercial address exampleSuite 600 Alexandria N Fairfax St 1199 22314 Va Stato Estero

    Smarty address validation tools

    Smarty® has a suite of address validation tools that can format, standardize, and validate Vatican City addresses, plus addresses in 250+ other countries and territories worldwide. Validate your Vatican 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.
    Single Address Verification ToolBulk Address Validation ToolInternational Street Address API

    Postal information

    Vatican City's national postal system, "Vatican Postal Service," was established in 1929. The organization manages a substantial network, indicative of its role as a major postal service provider in the region.
    Administrative area types and count
    1 city-state
    Administration area names and abbreviations

    Vatican City

    Term to describe postal codes
    CAP
    Postal code in language
    codice di avviamento postale
    Postal code format
    120
    Postal service provider and website

    Country information

    Do you still need additional information beyond formatting an address in Vatican City? Plenty of other location-based data, such as postal codes and ISO codes, is available for you to become the next expert on Vatican City addresses.

    Country/territory name
    Vatican City
    ISO3
    VAT
    ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
    VA
    ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code
    VAT
    ISO 3166-1 numeric country code
    336
    Endonym
    Vatican City
    Total land area
    - KM²
    Capital
    Vatican City
    Other major cities
    -

    Population information

    Total population
    1000 (2023)
    Urban / rural distribution
    100% / 0%
    Urban population
    1000
    Rural population
    0
    Official language
    Italian, Latin
    All languages spoken
    Italian, Latin
    Most commonly used postal language
    Italian
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    Countries and territories related to Vatican City

    Now that you've seen our Vatican address examples and have become a wizard at Vatican City address formats, why not expand your expertise even further? Explore our detailed guides for related countries and territories to see how their address formats and examples vary.
    Visit the global address formats page or Europe address formats page for more information on all the other countries and territories we cover. You can also read or read our article about international address verification to learn more.
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    *Data updated as of May 08, 2025

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