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Usage [edit]

Parameters [edit]

• name (name of infobox: optional)
• title (what appears at the top of the infobox: compulsory)
• locationmap2007 (set to "yes" if constituency existed in 2007, otherwise omit)

• lat (latitude of constituency: set to decimal latitude if location map set to yes, otherwise omit)
• long (longitude of constituency: set to decimal longitude if location map set to yes, otherwise omit)

• map (appropriate image: optional)
• mapcaption (caption to image: optional)
• electorate population (population of electorate as of last elecition)
• created (date of constituency creation: optional)
• dissolved (date of constituency dissolution: optional)
• meps (number of MEPs: optional)
• memberstate (member state of constituency: optional, but must not be linked if included)
• memberstatelink (article to link to for the member state of constituency: optional, but must not be linked if included. Used for countries where the name displayed is not the same as the name of the article to link to, e.g. Ireland)
• sources (sources for further reading: optional)

Examples [edit]

Łódź (existing constituency smaller than member state) [edit]

Łódź European Parliament constituency
Location amongst the 2007 constituencies
6th constituency in Poland
Created	2004
MEP(s)	4 (2004)
Member State	Poland
Source(s)	[1]

Łódź is one of the 13 constituencies in Poland. The code for its infobox looks like this:

{{Infobox European Parliament constituency
|name = Infobox Łódź (European Parliament constituency)
|title = Łódź
|locationmap2007=yes
|lat=54.5
|long=19.6
|map = File:European Parliament constituencies Poland.png
|mapcaption = 6th constituency in [[Poland]]
|created = 2004
|meps = 4 (2004)
|memberstate = Poland
|sources = [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2004/ep-election/sites/en/yourvoice/pl/law.html]
}}

Sweden (existing constituency same size as member state) [edit]

Sweden European Parliament constituency
Location amongst the 2007 constituencies
Created	1995
MEP(s)	19 (2004)
Member State	Sweden
Source(s)	[2][3]

Sweden is a single constituency for European Parliament purposes. The code for its infobox looks like this:

{{Infobox European Parliament constituency
|name = Infobox Sweden (European Parliament constituency)
|title = Sweden
|memberstate = Sweden
|locationmap2007=yes
|lat=67.0
|long=16.0
|created = 1995
|meps = 19 (2004)
|sources = [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/election/newep/en/maps.htm][http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2004/ep-election/sites/en/yourvoice/index.html]
}}

France (no-longer-existing constituency same size as member state) [edit]

France European Parliament constituency
Shown within European Union
Created	1979
Dissolved	2004
MEP(s)	87 (1999)
Member State	France
Source(s)	[4]

France was a single constituency for European Parliament purposes, but is now subdivided into smaller constituencies. The code for its infobox looks like this:

{{Infobox European Parliament constituency
|name = Infobox France (European Parliament constituency)
|title = France
|map = Image:EU location FRA.png
|mapcaption = Shown within [[European Union]]
|created = 1979
|dissolved = 2004
|meps = 87 (1999)
|memberstate=France
|sources = [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/election/newep/en/maps.htm]
}}

Leinster (no-longer-existing constituency smaller than member state) [edit]

Leinster European Parliament constituency
Shown within Ireland
Created	1979
Dissolved	2004
MEP(s)	4 (1994-2004), 3 (1979-1994)
Member State	Ireland
Source(s)	[5]

Leinster was a constituency of the European Parliament until 2004. The code for its infobox looks like this:

{{Infobox European Parliament constituency
|name = Infobox Leinster (European Parliament constituency)
|title = Leinster
|map = Image:IrelandEuroParlLabelled19792004.png
|mapcaption = Shown within [[Ireland]]
|created = 1979
|dissolved = 2004
|meps = 4 (1994-2004),{{Break}}3 (1979-1994)
|memberstatelink = Republic of Ireland
|memberstate = Ireland
|sources = [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/election/law/en/lair01en.htm]
}} </nowiki>

Overseas Territories of France (constituency outside the member state) [edit]

Overseas Territories of France European Parliament constituency
Shown in blue
Created	2004
MEP(s)	3
Member State	France
Source(s)	[6]

The Overseas Territories of France are a constituency of the European Parliament. The code for its infobox looks like this:

{{Infobox European Parliament constituency |name = Infobox Overseas Territories of France (European Parliament constituency) |title = Overseas Territories of France |map = Image:Outre-mer en.png |mapcaption = Shown in [[Overseas departments and territories of France|blue]] |created = 2004 |meps = 3 |memberstate = France |sources = [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2004/ep-election/sites/en/yourvoice/fr/law.html] }}

Merseyside West (constituency with no map yet) [edit]

Merseyside West European Parliament constituency
European Parliament logo
Created	1984
Dissolved	1999
MEP(s)	1
Member State	United Kingdom
Source(s)	[7]

Merseyside West was a constituency of the European Parliament, but there is no map yet. The code for its infobox looks like this:

{{Infobox European Parliament constituency
|name = Infobox Merseyside West (European Parliament constituency)
|title = Merseyside West
|map = Image:Europarl logo.svg
|mapcaption = [[European Parliament]] logo
|created = 1984
|dissolved = 1999
|meps = 1
|memberstate = United Kingdom
|sources = [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/]
}}

Microformat [edit]

The HTML mark up produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the place-name and location parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue article across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

If the place or venue has an "established", "founded", "opened" or similar date, specific to the day, use {{Start date}} (unless the date is before 1583 CE); if it has a URL, use {{URL}}.

hCard uses HTML classes including:

Please do not rename or remove these classes; nor collapse nested elements which use them.