Indicates urban/rural/other default set of traffic rules applies to this road.
Group: restrictions
Documented values: 11
Status: in use
This tag indicates which set of implicit traffic rules apply to a particular road (rules not set explicitly by signs). Each value of this tag is associated with a different set of default traffic rules.
Because default traffic rules vary from country to country, values are country-specific (or region-specific if traffic regulations vary within the country). The traffic regulations of most countries distinguish at least two zones: urban (inside the built-up area / city limits) and rural (outside the built-up area / city limits).
All values follow the format <ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code or ISO 3166-2 region code >:<rural or urban or something else>.
If both sides of a road lie in a different zone, e.g. because the road follows a national border, then you can use :left =*:right =*
Values
Zone definition
Default maxspeed
Taginfo
AW:urban Inside the built-up area (binnen de bebouwde kom )
50 km/h
AW:rural Outside the built-up area (buiten de bebouwde kom )
80 km/h
Since the Sixth Belgian State Reform, the regional governments can and do set separate default speed limits, but only on non-motorways.
Zone definition
Default maxspeed
Taginfo
BE-VLG:urban Non-motorway, in the Flemish Region , inside the built-up area (binnen de bebouwde kom )
usually 50 km/h
BE-VLG:rural Non-motorway, in the Flemish Region , outside the built-up area (buiten de bebouwde kom )
usually 70 km/h2+2 [ 1]
BE-WAL:urban Non-motorway, in the Walloon Region , inside the built-up area (dans une agglomération )
usually 50 km/h
BE-WAL:rural Non-motorway, in the Walloon Region , outside the built-up area (sise hors agglomération )
usually 90 km/h2+2 [ 1]
BE-BRU:urban Non-motorway, in the Brussels-Capital Region , inside the built-up area
usually 30 km/h
BE-BRU:rural Non-motorway, in the Brussels-Capital Region , outside the built-up area
usually 70 km/h2+2 [ 1]
BE:motorway autosnelweg , autoroute ), outside the built-up area[ 2] 120 km/h
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Default 120 km/h limit on dual carriageways with at least 2 lanes for each direction.
↑ Belgian motorways cannot be inside the built-up area. See the wiki page for BE:motorway
Zone definition
Default maxspeed
Taginfo
CW:urban Inside the built-up area (binnen de bebouwde kom )
40 km/h[ 1]
CW:rural Outside the built-up area (buiten de bebouwde kom )
60 km/h[ 1]
↑ 1.0 1.1 No roads for motor vehicles (autowegen ) currently exist.
Zone definition
Default maxspeed
Taginfo
FR:urban Inside the built-up area (en agglomération )[ 1]
usually 50 km/h
FR:rural Outside the built-up area (hors agglomération )[ 2]
usually 80 km/h
Zone definition
Default maxspeed
Taginfo
DE:urban Non-motorway, inside the built-up area (innerhalb geschlossener Ortschaften )
usually 50 km/h
DE:rural Non-motorway, outside the built-up area (außerhalb geschlossener Ortschaften )
usually 100 km/h
DE:motorway Autobahn )[ 1] [ 2] none
↑ German motorways can be either outside or inside the built-up area. The traffic rules are the same in both cases. See the wiki page for DE:motorway
↑ DE:motorway highway motorway
Zone definition
Default maxspeed
Taginfo
LU:urban Non-motorway, inside the built-up area (à l'intérieur des agglomérations )
usually 50 km/h
LU:rural Non-motorway, outside the built-up area (dehors des agglomérations )
usually 90 km/h
LU:motorway autoroute ), outside the built-up area[ 1] usually 130 km/h
↑ The wording of Code de la route
The Netherlands consist of a European part and overseas territories in the Caribbean. Each Caribbean island has separate traffic rules.
Zone definition
Default maxspeed
Taginfo
NL:urban In the European part of the country, inside the built-up area (binnen de bebouwde kom )
usually 50 km/h
NL:rural In the European part of the country, outside the built-up area (buiten de bebouwde kom )
usually 80 km/h
BQ-BO:urban On Bonaire , inside the built-up area
40 km/h
BQ-BO:rural On Bonaire , outside the built-up area
60 km/h
BQ-SE:urban On Sint Eustatius , inside the built-up area
40 km/h
BQ-SE:rural On Sint Eustatius , outside the built-up area
60 km/h
BQ-SA:urban On Saba , inside the built-up area
30 km/h
BQ-SA:rural On Saba , outside the built-up area
60 km/h
Please note that in the European part of the Netherlands the most common actual legal maxspeed on the roads is typically lower than the legal default maxspeed, since in most cases traffic signs on the ground overrule the general traffic rules:
See also: NL:Bebouwde kom
Zone definition
Default maxspeed
Taginfo
PL:motorway autostrada )
140 km/h
PL:expressway droga ekspresowa )
dual-carriageway: 120 km/h
single-carriageway 100 km/h
PL:rural poza obszarem zabudowanym )
2+2: 100 km/h
other: 90 km/h
PL:urban na obszarze zabudowanym )
50 km/h
Zone definition
Default maxspeed
Taginfo
SX:urban Inside the built-up area (binnen de bebouwde kom )
30 km/h
SX:rural Outside the built-up area (buiten de bebouwde kom )
50 km/h
See also
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Belgium
2+2[1] 120 km/h
Motorway (autosnelweg, autoroute), outside the built-up area[2]
Curaçao
[1] 80 km/h
France
130 km/h
Germany
Motorway (Autobahn)[1][2]
Luxembourg
Motorway (autoroute), outside the built-up area[1]
Netherlands
130 km/h
Poland
motorway (autostrada)
expressway (droga ekspresowa)
regular road outside the built-up area (poza obszarem zabudowanym)
inside the built-up area (na obszarze zabudowanym)
Sint Maarten