Slovak Post in 2006 offered a service for the lookup of postal code

Postal code

A postal code is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. Once postal codes were introduced, other applications became possible.In February 2005, 117 of the 190 member countries of the Universal Postal Union had postal code systems...

s (poštové smerové číslo PSČ) in Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

. The service works in both Slovak

Slovak language

Slovak , is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages .Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, where it is spoken by 5 million people...

 and English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

. The Post offers the ability to search postal codes of towns and streets (see the list below of towns where a street code is needed) or to search by town and company name. Furthermore, the list of postcodes is available as a ZIP file.

Usage

Postal codes need to be written before the name of the town, and no shortening of the official state name (e.g. 'SK') is permitted.

Slovak towns with individual streets postal codes

• Bánovce nad Bebravou
• Banská Bystrica
• Banská Štiavnica
• Bratislava and all its city parts:
  • Nové Mesto
  • Petržalka
  • Rača
  • Ružinov
  • Dúbravka
  • Karlova Ves
  • Devínska Nová Ves
  • Staré Mesto
• Brezno
• Čadca
• Dargovských Hrdinov (Košice)
• Hlohovec
• Hurbanovo
• Komárno
• Košice
• Kysucké Nové Mesto
• Levice
• Liptovský Mikuláš
• Lučenec
• Luník IX (Košice)
• Martin
• Myjava
• Nad Jazerom (Košice)
• Nitra
• Nové Zámky
• Partizánske
• Pezinok
• Podunajské Biskupice
• Považská Bystrica
• Prešov
• Ružomberok
• Sever (Košice)
• Sídlisko KVP (Košice)
• Sídlisko Ťahanovce (Košice)
• Spišská Nová Ves
• Šaľa
• Štúrovo
• Topoľčany
• Trenčín
• Trnava
• Vranov nad Topľou
• Zlaté Moravce
• Zvolen
• Žilina