Place is a controlled vocabulary listing concepts associated with the localities of the world. It provides authority codes that are based on UN/LOCODE codes. Place uses the classification (membership classification) and the authority codes of the Countries and territories. Place also provides ISO 3166-2 codes, as well as geographical coordinates. The European capitals of culture are also included. The original name of each locality is indicated. Corporate body uses Place to identify the seat of each concept (LOC_id), and Site uses it to identify the location of each site (loc_code). It is maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website.