Template:Infobox European Parliament constituency/doc

Sweden
Sweden
European Parliament constituency
	Location within Europe
Member state	Sweden
Created	1995
MEPs	19 (2004)
Sources
	[2][3]

Łódź
Łódź
European Parliament constituency
	Location among the 2014 constituencies
	6th constituency in Poland
Member state	Poland
Created	2004
MEPs	4 (2004)
Sources
	[1]

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{{{title}}}
European Parliament constituency
	Location among the 2014 constituencies
	{{{pushpin_mapcaption}}}
	[[File:{{{map}}}\|{{{mapsize}}}\|alt={{{mapalt}}}\|upright=1]] {{{mapcaption}}}
Member state	[[{{{memberstatelink}}}\|{{{memberstate}}}]]
Electorate	{{{electorate population}}}
Created	[[{{{created}}} European Parliament election in {{{memberstatelink2}}}\|{{{created}}}]]
Dissolved	[[{{{dissolved}}} European Parliament election\|{{{dissolved}}} ]]
MEPs	{{{meps}}}
Recreated
Created	[[{{{created2}}} European Parliament election in {{{memberstatelink2}}}\|{{{created2}}}]]
Dissolved	[[{{{dissolved2}}} European Parliament election\|{{{dissolved2}}} ]]
MEPs	{{{meps2}}}
Sources
	{{{sources}}}

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Usage

{{Infobox European Parliament constituency
| title                 = 
| locationmap2014       = 
| coordinates           = <!-- {{coord|...|...}} --> 
| pushpin_map           =
| pushpin_mapsize       = 
| pushpin_mapcaption    = 
| map                   = 
| mapsize               = 
| mapalt                = 
| mapcaption            = 
| memberstate           = 
| memberstatelink       = 
| memberstatelink2      = 
| electorate population = 
| created               = 
| dissolved             = 
| meps                  = 
| created2              = 
| dissolved2            = 
| meps2                 = 
| sources               = 
}}

Short syntax

{{Infobox European Parliament constituency
| title                 = 
| locationmap2014       = 
| coordinates           = <!-- {{coord|...|...}} --> 
| map                   = 
| mapalt                = 
| mapcaption            = 
| memberstate           = 
| electorate population = 
| created               = 
| dissolved             = 
| meps                  = 
}}

Parameters

title: what appears at the top of the infobox; required
locationmap2014: set to the region code for the constituency if constituency existed in 2014 (must match one of the EP-constituency maps at commons)
coordinates: coordinates of constituency using the {{coord}} template; set to decimal longitude if location map set to "yes"
pushpin_map: name of a location map to use via {{location map}} (requires coordinates)

| pushpin_mapsize :

pushpin_mapcaption
map: a secondary map
mapsize
mapalt
mapcaption
memberstate: the name of the country the constituency is part of
memberstatelink: the Wikipedia-article title of the country, if different from its name
memberstatelink2: former or full country name, if different from its name, e.g. 'West Germany' or 'the United Kingdom'
electorate population: population of electorate as of last election
created: date of constituency creation
dissolved: date of constituency dissolution
meps: number of MEPs
created2
dissolved2
meps2
sources: sources for further reading

Examples

Łódź (existing constituency smaller than member state)

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

{{Infobox European Parliament constituency
| title            = Łódź
| locationmap2014  = PL-6
| coordinates      = {{coord|51.78|19.47}}
| map              = File:European Parliament constituencies Poland.png
| mapcaption       = 6th constituency in [[Poland]]
| created          = 2004
| meps             = 4 (2004)
| memberstate      = Poland
| memberstatelink2 = Poland
| sources          = [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2004/ep-election/sites/en/yourvoice/pl/law.html]
}}

Sweden (existing constituency same size as member state)

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

{{Infobox European Parliament constituency
| title              = Sweden
| memberstate        = Sweden
| memberstatelink2   = Sweden
| pushpin_map        = Europe
| pushpin_mapcaption = Location within Europe
| coordinates        = {{coord|67.0|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)

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

France
European Parliament constituency
Shown within European Union
Member state	France
Created	1979
Dissolved	2004
MEPs	87 (1999)
Sources
[4]

{{Infobox European Parliament constituency
| title            = France
| map              = File:EU location FRA.png
| mapcaption       = Shown within [[European Union]]
| created          = 1979
| dissolved        = 2004
| meps             = 87 (1999)
| memberstate      = France
| memberstatelink2 = France
| sources          = [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/election/newep/en/maps.htm]
}}

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

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

Leinster
European Parliament constituency
Shown within Ireland
Member state	Ireland
Created	1979
Dissolved	2004
MEPs	4 (1994–2004), 3 (1979–1994)
Sources
[5]

{{Infobox European Parliament constituency
| title            = Leinster 
| map              = File:IrelandEuroParlLabelled19792004.png
| mapcaption       = Shown within [[Ireland]]
| created          = 1979
| dissolved        = 2004
| meps             = 4 (1994–2004); 3 (1979–1994)
| memberstatelink  = Republic of Ireland
| memberstatelink2 = Ireland
| memberstate      = Ireland
| sources          = [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/election/law/en/lair01en.htm]
}}

Overseas Territories of France (constituency outside the member state)

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

Overseas Territories of France
European Parliament constituency
Shown in blue
Member state	France
Created	2004
MEPs	3
Sources
[6]

{{Infobox European Parliament constituency
| title            = Overseas Territories of France
| map              = File:Outre-mer en.png
| mapcaption       = Shown in [[Overseas departments and territories of France|blue]]
| created          = 2004
| meps             = 3
| memberstate      = France
| memberstatelink2 = France
| sources          = [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2004/ep-election/sites/en/yourvoice/fr/law.html]
}}

Merseyside West (constituency with no map yet)

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

Merseyside West
European Parliament constituency
Member state	United Kingdom
Created	1984
Dissolved	1999
MEPs	1
Sources
[7]

{{Infobox European Parliament constituency
| title            = Merseyside West
| map              = 
| mapcaption       = 
| created          = 1984
| dissolved        = 1999
| meps             = 1
| memberstate      = United Kingdom
| memberstatelink2 = the United Kingdom
| sources          = [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/]
}}

Tracking category

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Microformat

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category
country-name
extended-address
fn
label
locality
nickname
note
org
street-address
url
vcard

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