Bezirke/Districts - Switzerland

Name: Bezirke/Districts - Switzerland
Creator: opendatasoft

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This dataset is part of the Geographical repository maintained by Opendatasoft and provides boundary data for the districts of Switzerland as of 2023. The source data comes from swissBOUNDARIES3D, produced by swisstopo, the Swiss federal mapping agency. Place names are given in their local language. The dataset also relates to other administrative levels, including cantons and municipalities, allowing users to explore Swiss administrative geography at different scales for mapping, statistical, or analytical purposes.This dataset is part of the Geographical repository maintained by Opendatasoft. This dataset contains data for Districts in Switzerland in 2023. The data source is swissBOUNDARIES3D , produced by swisstopo . All names provided are names in the local language. Available levels Cantons Districts Mu...

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Data schema (9 fields)

Filterable via the API (7)

yearkan_codekan_namebez_codebez_namebez_area_codebez_type

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Field	Type	Description
geo_point_2dGeo Point	geo_point_2d	—
geo_shapeShape	geo_shape	—
year	date	—
kan_codeOfficial code Kanton	text	—
kan_nameOfficial Name Kanton	text	—
bez_codeOfficial code Bezirk	text	—
bez_nameOfficial Name Bezirk	text	—
bez_area_codeIso 3166-3 Area Code	text	—
bez_typeType	text	—

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Sample data (5 records)

Record 1year: 2025 · bez_code: ["1911"]

{
  "year": "2025",
  "bez_code": [
    "1911"
  ],
  "bez_name": [
    "Zurzach"
  ],
  "bez_type": "Bezirk",
  "kan_code": [
    "19"
  ],
  "kan_name": [
    "Aargau"
  ],
  "geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": 47.56219790462248,
    "lon": 8.2880111874193
  },
  "bez_area_code": "CHE"
}

Record 2year: 2025 · bez_code: ["0245"]

{
  "year": "2025",
  "bez_code": [
    "0245"
  ],
  "bez_name": [
    "Emmental"
  ],
  "bez_type": "Bezirk",
  "kan_code": [
    "02"
  ],
  "kan_name": [
    "Bern"
  ],
  "geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": 46.98840734032936,
    "lon": 7.738590512970994
  },
  "bez_area_code": "CHE"
}

Record 3year: 2025 · bez_code: ["1305"]

{
  "year": "2025",
  "bez_code": [
    "1305"
  ],
  "bez_name": [
    "Waldenburg"
  ],
  "bez_type": "Bezirk",
  "kan_code": [
    "13"
  ],
  "kan_name": [
    "Basel-Landschaft"
  ],
  "geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": 47.391194217003736,
    "lon": 7.747749734289484
  },
  "bez_area_code": "CHE"
}

Record 4year: 2025 · bez_code: ["1902"]

{
  "year": "2025",
  "bez_code": [
    "1902"
  ],
  "bez_name": [
    "Baden"
  ],
  "bez_type": "Bezirk",
  "kan_code": [
    "19"
  ],
  "kan_name": [
    "Aargau"
  ],
  "geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": 47.45285214466693,
    "lon": 8.306742365751608
  },
  "bez_area_code": "CHE"
}

Record 5year: 2025 · bez_code: ["2228"]

{
  "year": "2025",
  "bez_code": [
    "2228"
  ],
  "bez_name": [
    "Nyon"
  ],
  "bez_type": "Bezirk",
  "kan_code": [
    "22"
  ],
  "kan_name": [
    "Vaud"
  ],
  "geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
  "geo_point_2d": {
    "lat": 46.43425717269527,
    "lon": 6.21817917978186
  },
  "bez_area_code": "CHE"
}

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Base URL: https://public.opendatasoft.com/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/georef-switzerland-bezirk

License

Terms stated by the source (not a recognized license):

https://opendata.swiss/en/terms-of-use/#terms_by_ask

Query examples

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First 20 records of the dataset as JSON.

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10 000 000 req/day

per ipmeasured

observed 7 days ago

Dataset

Volume & freshness

Records

134

Update cadence

Annual

declared upstream

Last upstream update

1 year ago

2025-07-23

Temporal coverage

2020 → ongoing

License

No license declared upstream.

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