ELi5 – How are street adresses determined / how do they get numbered?
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Someone might be interested in an European perspective:
1. Naming conventions vary a lot between EU countries but there are some patterns you may encounter like grouping streets by giving them “related” names. E.g. groups of streets having flower names for example (Rose street, Orchid street, etc) or names of writers, historians, trees, etc. you get the idea.
2. Streets and avenues have even numbers the right side and odds on the left side and they start counting from the end that’s closest to the townhall.
3. Squares count clockwise using consecutive numbers (1,2,3,4…)
4. If a plot gets shared between 2 or more buildings – like Orchid street 4, ends up with 2 houses on it, they become orchid street 4A and 4B
5. If the opposite happens, a property stretches around various plots, it will end up with an adrees like “Rose street 4-7” – stretching over 3 plots as there would normally be numbers 3, 5 and 7.
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