Swiss Post
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Native name |
(German) Die Schweizerische Post (French) La Poste suisse (Italian) La Posta Svizzera (Romansh) La Posta Svizra |
|---|---|
| Fully state-owned limited company (AG) regulated by public law | |
| Founded | 1849 |
| Headquarters | Bern, Switzerland |
| Products | |
| Revenue | 8,224 billions CHF (2015) |
Number of employees | 62'341 (2015)[1] |
| Website | www.post.ch |
Swiss Post (French: La Poste suisse, Italian: La Posta Svizzera, German: Die Schweizerische Post, Romansh: La Posta Svizra) is the national postal service of Switzerland. A public company owned by the Swiss Confederation, it is the country's second largest employer[2] (after the Federation of Migros Cooperatives). The group is based in Bern.[3][4]
Postal wagons at the postal sorting facility in Sion, Switzerland. Mail between regional cities is transported by rail, to be delivered by postal bus, vans and cycles at a local level.
Services
- E-mail letter
- PostFinance, independent unit of Swiss Post in financial services
- PostBus Switzerland, a bus transport service operated by Swiss Post
- SuisseID, an electronic identity system developed by Swiss Post
See also
- Postal codes in Switzerland and Liechtenstein
- Asendia, a joint venture in international deliveries launched by Swiss Post and La Poste
Notes and references
- ↑ "Annual report 2015" Swiss Post. Retrieved on 10 March 2016
- ↑ "A public-sector company". Swiss Post. Retrieved 2006-06-16.
- ↑ "Annual Report 2009." Swiss Post. 224/244. Retrieved on 7 December 2010. "Swiss Post Viktoriastrasse 21 P.O. Box 3030 Berne Switzerland."
- ↑ "Contact." Swiss Post. Retrieved on 7 December 2010. "Viktoriastrasse 21 3030 Bern."
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Post of Switzerland. |
- Official website
- Post in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Post, Telephone and Telegraph in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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