Postal codes in Spain

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Postal codes were introduced and standardised in Spain in 1976, when Correos (the national postal service of Spain) introduced automated mail sorting. The first two digits (ranging 01–52) of the postal code correspond to one of the fifty provinces of Spain (as listed in general alphabetical order, with some exceptions), plus the two autonomous cities on the African coast. Full listing: 

00xxx ? (Postal code 00044 exists!)
01xxx Álava/Araba
02xxx Albacete
03xxx Alicante/Alacant
04xxx Almería
05xxx Ávila
06xxx Badajoz
07xxx Islas Baleares/Illes Balears (Balearic Islands) 
08xxx Barcelona
09xxx Burgos
10xxx Cáceres
11xxx Cádiz
12xxx Castellón/Castelló
13xxx Ciudad Real
14xxx Córdoba
15xxx La Coruña/A Coruña
16xxx Cuenca
17xxx Girona/Gerona
18xxx Granada
19xxx Guadalajara
20xxx Guipúzcoa/Gipuzkoa
21xxx Huelva
22xxx Huesca
23xxx Jaén
24xxx León
25xxx Lérida/Lleida
26xxx La Rioja
27xxx Lugo
28xxx Madrid
29xxx Málaga
30xxx Murcia
31xxx Navarra/Nafarroa (Navarre)
32xxx Orense/Ourense
33xxx Asturias
34xxx Palencia
35xxx Las Palmas
36xxx Pontevedra
37xxx Salamanca
38xxx Santa Cruz de Tenerife
39xxx Cantabria
40xxx Segovia
41xxx Sevilla (Seville)
42xxx Soria
43xxx Tarragona
44xxx Teruel
45xxx Toledo
46xxx Valencia
47xxx Valladolid
48xxx Vizcaya/Bizkaia
49xxx Zamora
50xxx Zaragoza
51xxx Ceuta
52xxx Melilla

Large cities such as Madrid and Barcelona, were divided into postal districts (zonas in Spanish) similar to the arrondissement system in Paris. 

 Plaza de España, 18
 Madrid 8

 Travessera de Gracia, 68 –70, 1º. 
 Barcelona 6

These former postal districts were incorporated into the five-digit postal code: 

 Plaza de España, 18
 28008 Madrid

Travessera de Gracia, 68 –70, 1º. 
08006 Barcelona


08000-08999 (Barcelona)

18000-18999 (Granada)

25000-25999 - (Lleida)

28000-28999 - (Madrid)

30000 - (Murcia)

35000-35999 (Las Palmas)

37000-37999 - Salamanca

38000-38999 - Santa Cruz de Tenerife

46000 - Valencia

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