Latvia Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

Nov 27, 2025

Updated: November 27, 2025

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Latvia Address Format Guide

In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the standard address format used in Latvia. Whether you’re shipping packages, sending mail, or validating addresses for your business, understanding the proper address structure is essential for successful deliveries. We’ll cover the basic elements, provide examples, and explain how GeoPostcodes can help with address validation.

Latvia - Address Format

An address format in Latvia contains the following elements:

Recipient’s name
Business or department name (if applicable)
Street name and House Number
City Name and Postal Code (LV-4 digits)
Country – LATVIA (in all caps)

John Smith
Tāšu iela 28
Liepāja LV-3405
LATVIA

Latvia Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
Varšavas iela 40
Daugavpils LV-5404
LATVIA

Example 2:

Latvia Post Office
Cementa iela 12
Kurzemes rajons
Rīga, LV-1055
LATVIA

Postal and Country Information for Latvia

Country/territory name	Latvia
ISO codes	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: LV ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: LVA ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 428
Administrative area count	43
Administration area names and abbreviations	Daugavpils Jelgava Jurmala Liepaja Rezekne Riga Ventspils Adazi Aizkraukle Municipality Aluksne Municipality Balvi Municipality Bauska Municipality Cesu Daugavpils municipality Dienvidkurzemes novads Dobele Municipality Gulbene Municipality Jekabpils Municipality Jelgavas novads Kekava Kraslava Municipality Kuldiga Municipality Limbazi Municipality Livani Ludzas Madona Municipality Marupe Ogre Olaine Preili Municipality Rezeknes novads Ropazi Municipality Salaspils Municipality Saldus Municipality Saulkrasti Municipality Sigulda Municipality Smiltene Municipality Talsi Municipality Tukums Municipality Valka Municipality Valmiera Varaklani Municipality Ventspils Municipality	DGV JEL JUR LPX REZ RIX VEN 11 2 7 15 16 22 111 112 26 33 42 41 52 47 50 54 56 58 59 62 67 68 73 77 80 87 88 89 91 94 97 99 101 113 102 106
Term to describe postal codes	Pasta indekss
Postal code format	9999
Population	1 789 365
Total land area	64 595km²

How to Validate Addresses for Latvia Using GeoPostcodes Database

GeoPostcodes offers comprehensive address validation database to validate Latvia addresses. Our database ensures addresses follow the correct format for Latvia, reducing delivery errors and improving efficiency.

Use GeoPostcodes:

Address Database to validate Street Names, Cities and Postal Codes in Latvia
Postal Database if you only need to validate Cities and Postal Codes in Latvia
Population Database if you would like to do urban/rural mapping or compute how many people live in Latvia segmented by postal code, city or administrative divisions

You can leverage GeoPostcodes data to validate addresses in Latvia using:

Street column to validate Street names
Locality column to validate City names
Postcode column to validate Postal Codes

Explore our Latvia address database.

Our location dataset for Latvia

Latvia ZIP Codes

Latvia uses a “Pasta indekss” system, which is a four-digit numeric format like 9999, with no letters or separators. This means it uses only numbers, unlike US ZIP codes which are also numeric. However, US ZIP codes are five digits long compared to Latvia’s four. According to the GeoPostcodes world postal code database, Latvia has 837 postal codes covering 628 regions and 7,468 towns.

Latvia ZIP & Administrative boundaries

Latvia administrative landscape often follows inconsistent regional models and irregular public sources, making it difficult to maintain reliable boundaries. Our standardized postal and administrative boundary data resolves these gaps to ensure complete, coherent geographic coverage.

Latvia Administrative Divisions

GeoPostcodes provides a standardized reference for Latvia’s address structure, ensuring consistent, accurate, and globally aligned formatting across your systems. The dataset captures the official address elements required by the national postal operator and maps them into our unified global schema.