Municipal Districts - City of Athens
This API provides geospatial data delineating the municipal districts (synoikies) within the Municipality of Athens, Greece. The data is published as polygon features through a GeoServer WMS endpoint maintained by the City of Athens GIS office. It enables identification and visualization of the boundaries of administrative sub-areas within the city, useful for mapping, urban planning, and municipal administration purposes. Access is free and does not require authentication.Polygons describing Municipal Districts within the Municipality of Athens
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Data schema (11 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| fid | int | Unique identifier for the polygon feature.Unique identifier for the polygon feature. |
| the_geomThe geom | geometry | Geometric shape of the municipal district polygon.Geometric shape of the municipal district polygon. |
| gid | long | Internal record identifier.Internal record identifier. |
| qid | long | — |
| dk | double | — |
| name_dkName dk | string | — |
| shape_lengShape leng | double | — |
| synoik_theSynoik the | long | — |
| name_enName en | string | — |
| name_dk_enName dk en | string | — |
| shape_areaShape area | double | — |
Schema captured from wfs 2 days ago.
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Sample data (3 records)
Record 1dk: 4 · fid: 1
{
"dk": 4,
"fid": 1,
"gid": 1,
"qid": 7,
"name": "ΣΕΠΟΛΙΑ",
"name_dk": "4η ΔΚ",
"name_en": "SEPOLIA",
"name_dk_en": "4th",
"shape_area": 807921.7108316636,
"shape_leng": 5342.66061406611,
"synoik_the": 1
}Record 2dk: 7 · fid: 2
{
"dk": 7,
"fid": 2,
"gid": 2,
"qid": 17,
"name": "ΠΕΝΤΑΓΩΝΟ",
"name_dk": "7η ΔΚ",
"name_en": "PENTAGONO",
"name_dk_en": "7th",
"shape_area": 227528.37025107443,
"shape_leng": 1978.63039092308,
"synoik_the": 0
}Record 3dk: 1 · fid: 3
{
"dk": 1,
"fid": 3,
"gid": 3,
"qid": 34,
"name": "ΒΟΥΛΗ",
"name_dk": "1η ΔΚ",
"name_en": "VOULI",
"name_dk_en": "1st",
"shape_area": 32056.2399443009,
"shape_leng": 742.98670065087,
"synoik_the": 0
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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Query examples
curl -s 'http://gis.cityofathens.gr/geoserver/wfs?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetCapabilities#geonode:synoikia0' -H 'Accept: application/json'List the feature types (layers) and supported operations.
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