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INSEE code
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unique identifier system used in France for statistics and for the identification and classification of geographic areas, persons or activities
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Encyclopedic overview
The INSEE code (/ɪnseɪ/ in-SAY) is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) to identify various entities, including communes and départements. They are also used as national identification numbers given to people.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “INSEE code” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.