The postal codes in the Netherlands

The postal codes in the Netherlands were allotted to the locations starting in the year 2005. The postal codes here are alphanumeric, meaning that they have both the alphabets and digits in them. Here is how these postal codes in the Netherlands work. The postal codes in the Netherlands have 4 digits in them with 2 uppercase letters. The amazing thing is that the letters "F, I, O, Q, U, and Y." were not used because of some technical issues.

• The first 2 digits of the postal code tell about the city and the region.
• The next 2 digits indicate the range of the house numbers on the street. The letters are also used along with these 2 digits.
• In this way, one can identify each address that can be unique.

Netherlands Overview

The Netherlands is a Dutch country located in Northwest Europe, and it also covers several islands in the Caribbean Sea. Its European mainland is bordered by the North Sea on the west and north as well. On the south, the border is shared with Belgium, and Germany shares the eastern border.

References

• Geonames
• Wikipedia

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