How it works

From the moment you send your mail, La Poste makes sure it's in safe hands every step of the way, with an incredibly efficient process.

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Follow the tips from your postman on how to write your recipient’s address correctly on your envelope.

6 tips from your postman

Picture of an adresse correctly written on an envelope

  1. A Try to use envelopes with an address box for your handwritten letters.
  2. B Use 6 lines maximum to write your address.
  3. C Never put a comma, full stop, apostrophe, underline or dash after the street number.
  4. D Write the 5 numbers of the postcode very distinctly. If you are not sure what the postcode is then ask at your local post office or click here to find a postcode.
  5. E Write the last line, and if possible the whole of the address, in capitals.
  6. F Write your sender address on the back.

    If you are writing to a company then don’t forget to write the PO box and CEDEX indication in capitals.

2

Lady posting a mail into a mailbox

You can post your letter in one of the 125,000 street letterboxes across France.

You may also post it in a post office.

To find your nearest post office, click here.


3

Postal worker collecting mail
The postmen collect the mail from the letterboxes.

4

Postal worker separating international from national mail in a postoffice
All mail collected in the letterboxes of one or several districts is collected and sorted, with international mail separated from national mail.

5

Picture of a postal train
No fewer than 3 high-speed trains, 26 planes and 500 lorries carry the mail to the destination sorting centre!

6

Focus on a postal worker
Once it arrives at the sorting centre, the mail is organised in the order of the postman’s round.

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Postal worker delivering mail by bike
The mail is delivered to recipients 6 days a week!

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