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<address>

The contact information provided by an <address> element's contents can take whatever form is appropriate for the context, and may include any type of contact information that is needed, such as physical address, URL, email address, phone number, social media handle, geographic coordinates, and so forth. The <address> element should include the name of the person, people, or organization to which the contact information refers.

<address> can be used in a variety of contexts, such as providing a business's contact information in the page header, or indicating the author of an article by including an <address> element within the <article>.

Content categories	Flow content, palpable content.
Permitted content	Flow content, but with no nested `<address>` element, no heading content (`<hgroup>`, `<h1>`, `<h2>`, `<h3>`, `<h4>`, `<h5>`, `<h6>`), no sectioning content (`<article>`, `<aside>`, `<section>`, `<nav>`), and no `<header>` or `<footer>` element.
Tag omission	None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.
Permitted parents	Any element that accepts flow content, but always excluding `<address>` elements (according to the logical principle of symmetry, if `<address>` tag, as a parent, can not have nested `<address>` element, then the same `<address>` content can not have `<address>` tag as its parent).
Permitted ARIA roles	None
DOM interface	`HTMLElement` Prior to Gecko 2.0 (Firefox 4), Gecko implemented this element using the `HTMLSpanElement` interface

Attributes

This element only includes the global attributes.

Usage notes

To represent an arbitrary address, one that is not related to the contact information, use a <p> element rather than the <address> element.
This element should not contain more information than the contact information, like a publication date (which belongs in a <time> element).
Typically an <address> element can be placed inside the <footer> element of the current section, if any.

Example

This example demonstrates the use of <address> to demarcate the contact information for an article's author.

  <address>
    You can contact author at <a href="http://www.somedomain.com/contact">
    www.somedomain.com</a>.<br>
    If you see any bugs, please <a href="mailto:[email protected]">
    contact webmaster</a>.<br>
    You may also want to visit us:<br>
    Mozilla Foundation<br>
    331 E Evelyn Ave<br>
    Mountain View, CA 94041<br>
    USA
  </address>

Result

Although it renders text with the same default styling as the <i> or <em> elements, it is more appropriate to use <address> when dealing with contact information, as it conveys additional semantic information.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living Standard The definition of '<address>' in that specification.	Living Standard
HTML5 The definition of '<address>' in that specification.	Recommendation
HTML 4.01 Specification The definition of '<address>' in that specification.	Recommendation

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	Yes	Yes	1	Yes	Yes	1

	Mobile
	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Edge Mobile	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	iOS Safari	Samsung Internet
Basic support	Yes	Yes	Yes	4	Yes	Yes	Yes