Municipal boundaries G0: time series since 1850
This dataset from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (SFSO) provides municipal boundary geometries for all municipal states recorded between 1 January 1850 and 31 December 2015, based on the Historicised Register of Swiss Municipalities (Historisiertes Gemeindeverzeichnis). It covers the entire territory of Switzerland and reflects successive changes in municipal boundaries and mergers over more than 165 years. The data is published by the Swiss Confederation and is intended to support historical, statistical, and cartographic analysis of administrative divisions across time.The « Municipal boundaries: time series since 1850 » product from the SFSO provides municipal geometries for all municipal states between 01.01.1850 and 31.12.2015 according to the Historisiertes Gemeindeverzeichnis (Historical List of Swiss Municipalities), for the entire territory of Switzerland…
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Data schema (4 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| datetime | string | Reference date for which the municipal boundaries were valid.Reference date for which the municipal boundaries were valid. |
| title | string | Name identifying the historized boundary dataset and its date.Name identifying the historized boundary dataset and its date. |
| created | string | Timestamp when this record was created.Timestamp when this record was created. |
| updated | string | Timestamp when this record was last updated.Timestamp when this record was last updated. |
Schema captured from ogc_api_features 20 days ago.
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Sample data (5 records)
| datetime | title | created | updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1850-01-01T00:00:00Z | Historized boundaries G0 18500101 | 2025-02-12T08:28:45.140688Z | 2025-02-12T08:32:31.083229Z |
| 1850-03-23T00:00:00Z | Historized boundaries G0 18500323 | 2025-02-12T08:32:40.756565Z | 2025-02-12T08:32:48.070296Z |
| 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z | Historized boundaries G0 18500101 - 20150101 | 2023-12-04T13:55:09.320612Z | 2025-02-12T08:32:40.044047Z |
| 1851-01-01T00:00:00Z | Historized boundaries G0 18510101 | 2025-02-12T08:32:48.681947Z | 2025-02-12T08:32:55.589979Z |
| 1852-01-01T00:00:00Z | Historized boundaries G0 18520101 | 2025-02-12T08:32:56.188374Z | 2025-02-12T08:33:03.965423Z |
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