Guide

Belfiore code: what it is and how to find it

By Codice Fiscale Pro Team · Published on October 5, 2026

What is the Belfiore code?

It is the code that identifies an Italian municipality or a foreign country in positions 12 to 15 of the codice fiscale, made of one letter and three digits. For municipalities it follows the cadastral coding, and foreign countries use a Z followed by three digits, as Money.it (in Italian) explains.

What are some examples of Belfiore codes?

Examples from the Agenzia delle Entrate list included on this site:

How do you find the Belfiore code of a municipality or country?

The quickest way is the place field of the calculator: type the name, in English too, and choose the place, and the code is filled in. The full list is in the Agenzia delle Entrate archive (in Italian). Our list holds 7,894 municipalities and 249 foreign countries, current to 21 February 2026.

What should you do with municipalities that share a name?

Tell them apart by province: they are different municipalities with different codes. Our list has five such names.

• Castro: Bergamo C337, Lecce M261.
• Livo: Como E623, Trento E624.
• Peglio: Como G415, Pesaro e Urbino G416.
• Samone: Torino H753, Trento H754.
• San Teodoro: Messina I328, Sassari I329.

Which column do you use in lists with several codes?

One detail we checked on the Agenzia delle Entrate export: the column "Codice Nazionale" holds the Belfiore code (for Rome H501), while the column "Codice Catastale" holds a different code (for Rome M1AA). The second gives wrong codici fiscali.

What if the municipality was suppressed or has changed?

The codice fiscale keeps the code the municipality had at birth. Our list has current entries only. People born in a municipality that has been suppressed, merged or ceded to another state can have a code the calculation does not know. In those cases the Agenzia verification service (2014, in Italian) is the right tool. See also formal check and official verification.

Sources

• Agenzia delle Entrate (in Italian): archive of municipalities and foreign countries.
• Money.it (in Italian): structure of the place code.
• 01net.it (in Italian): verification for people born in ceded municipalities (2014).

Frequently asked questions

Is the Belfiore code the same as the cadastral code?

In everyday use yes: it is the cadastral code of the municipality. Beware of lists with several code columns. In the Agenzia delle Entrate list we use, the right code is in the column "Codice Nazionale".

Does the Belfiore code show where I live?

No. In the codice fiscale it shows the municipality or country of birth, never the residence.

What if my municipality of birth no longer exists?

Use the code the municipality had at the time of birth. Our list holds current municipalities and countries only, so check such cases with the Agenzia delle Entrate verification service.

Why do some municipalities have the same name but different codes?

They are different municipalities in different provinces. Castro exists in the province of Bergamo with code C337 and in the province of Lecce with code M261. Pick the right one.

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