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  1. Preface
  2. Introduction
  3. Address Validation Status Ports
  4. Building and Residence Data Ports
  5. Business and Organization Data Ports
  6. City and Locality Data Ports
  7. Country Data Ports
  8. Customer Segmentation Data Ports
  9. Enrichment Data Ports
  10. Formatted Data Ports
  11. Postal Carrier Certification Data Ports
  12. Postcode Data Ports
  13. Province and State Data Ports
  14. Residual Data Ports
  15. Street Data Ports
  16. Supplementary Data Ports
  17. XML Ports

Address Validator Port Reference

Address Validator Port Reference

Official Municipality Key DE

Official Municipality Key DE

Input and output ports that contain the identification number for a German municipality. A municipality is administrative area in the German federal system. The German government assigns an eight-digit number to each municipality.

Official Municipality Key DE Usage

To read the municipality key from a German address, select the Official Municipality Key DE input port.
To write the municipality key to a German address, select the Official Municipality Key DE output port.

Port Location

The following table provides the location and default precision of the Official Municipality Key DE port:
Port Type
Port Group
Template Model
Precision
Input
Discrete
Basic
8
Output
DE Supplementary
Basic
8

Official Municipality Key DE Example

The municipality key is an eight-digit number. The first two digits identify the federal state. The next three digits identify the district within the state. The final three digits identify the municipality. For example, the municipality key for the town of Maxdorf is 07338018.
The following table shows the elements of the municipality key for Maxdorf:
Type of Administrative Area
Name of Administrative Area
Area Code
State
Rhineland-Pfalz
07
District
Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
338
Municipality
Maxdorf
018

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