300px|thumb|polish post office letter box. thumb|300px|2-digit postcode areas poland(defined through the first two postcode digits) the postal codes in poland consists of 5 numbers in the following format xy-zzz. first digit in the postal code represents the postal district, second digit major geographical subdivision of this district, and the three digits after dash: the post office, or in case of large cities: particular street, part of the street or even separate address (in the last case code is in the form of xy-9zz). thus the postal code 70-952 means: * 7 - postal district of szczecin, * 0 - subdivision of that district, in this case the western part of szczecin, * 9 - denotes special code, and * 52 - office of the district attorney (prokuratura okrÄgowa). similarly, the code for 70-470 denotes the odd numbers from 1 to 27 in the wojska polskiego street in szczecin, and 34-434 is a code for whole town of dÄbno near nowy targ (3 - postal district of krakÃ³w, 4 - subdivision of that district, 434 the town of dÄbno - strictly speaking the post office in dÄbno). postal districts and their subdivisions are not related to the administrative division of poland. ==postal codes are not unique== unlike other european postal codes the place names of the postal codes in poland are not unique. postal code 62-262 are valid with 5 different place names: *62-262 wierzyce *62-262 przyborowo *62-262 chwaÅkÃ³wko *62-262 faÅkowo *62-262 imielno other examples are: 09-135, 12-250, 16-424, 32-104, 55-300, 62-010, and 98-338. ==notable postal codes in poland== * 00-999 - telewizja polska (polish television) * 00-001 - post office warsaw 1 * 00-950 - po boxes at post office warsaw 1 * 00-902 - sejm * 00-977 - polskie radio (polish radio) ==other postal codes== ===00-09=== * 00-xxx to 02-xxx - warsaw (west part) * 03-xxx to 04-xxx and some 05-xxx - warsaw (east part) * 05-100 - nowy dwÃ³r mazowiecki * 05-118 to 05-122 - legionowo * 05-200 - woÅomin * 05-300 to 05-301, 303 - miÅsk mazowiecki * 05-400 to 05-402 - otwock * 05-500 - piaseczno * 05-600 - grÃ³jec * 05-660 - warka * 05-800, 05-803, 05-804 - pruszkÃ³w * 05-822 - milanÃ³wek * 05-825 to 05-827 - grodzisk mazowiecki * 05-850 - oÅ¼arÃ³w mazowiecki * 06-100 - puÅtusk * 06-200 - makÃ³w mazowiecki * 06-300 - przasnysz * 06-400 - ciechanÃ³w * 06-500 to 06-501 - mÅawa * 07-100 - wegrÃ³w * 07-200, 07-202 - wyszkÃ³w * 07-300, 07-302 - ostrÃ³w mazowiecki * 07-400 to 07-417 - ostroÅÄka * 08-100 to 08-119 - siedlce * 08-200 - Åosice * 08-300, 08-301 - sokoÅÃ³w podlaski * 08-400 - garwolin * 08-500 - ryki * 08-530 - dÄblin * 09-100 - pÅoÅsk * 09-200 -
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