Post codes in

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

consist of five digits (or a letter and four digits for an island). They were first introduced by

Mauritius Post Mauritius Post is today the company responsible for the postal service in Mauritius. The first informal mail delivery service to Mauritius from France under the direction of the French Crown appears to have been around the 1770s by Pierre Nicolas L ...

on a pilot basis, from January to March 2012, in Lallmatie, Bon Accueil and Brisée Verdière before being introduced in other localities across the island before the system went nationwide on 15 August 2014.

Format

The postcode is added after the name of the town or village, as follows: Mr. and Mrs. John Ferguson 21, Old Trafford Road Mission Cross Lalmatie 42602 MAURITIUS The first digit of the code indicates the District Code in this case

Flacq District Flacq () is a district of Mauritius, situated in the east of the island. It is the largest district, having an area of 297.9 km², the population estimate was at 138,460 as at 31 December 2015. Places of interest The small village of Trou ...

, the second and third digits indicate Village Council Area Code for the town of

Lalmatie Lallmatie is a village in Mauritius—located on the west side of Flacq District—it occupied a latitude around -20.1897222 and a longitude around 57.6611111. It has a density of 793.5/km2 (2,055/sq mi) and a total population of around 11,910 i ...

, while the fourth and fifth digits indicate the Sub-Locality Code.

The first character

The first character of the code indicates the district when it is a number, or an island when it is a letter:

Earlier trial

An earlier trial of postcodes was made in the

Curepipe Curepipe () also known as ''La Ville-Lumière'' (The City of Light), is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District, the eastern part also lies in the Moka District. The town is administered by the Municipal Council of Curepi ...

area in 2002, consisting of an eight-digit alphanumeric code added before the name of the town.Mauritius

Universal Postal Union The Universal Postal Union (UPU, french: link=no, Union postale universelle), established by the Treaty of Bern of 1874, is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to ...

, July 2002 742CU001 R.DU.REMPART MAURITIUS

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