Historical nomenclature of local place names (1936-2023)Nomenclature historique des noms locaux (1936-2023)
Nomenclature historique des noms locaux (1936-2023)Historical nomenclature of local place names (1936-2023)
This dataset provides historical local place names for the canton of Geneva, along with their spatial boundaries, as recorded between 1936 and 2023. Local names designate small landscape features derived from local linguistic usage, such as forests, pastures, meadows, and fields. It is maintained by the Système d'information du territoire genevois (SITG), the geographic information system of the canton of Geneva, Switzerland. The data supports historical and toponymic research, land-use analysis, and cartographic documentation of how local place naming has evolved over nearly a century within the canton's territory.Les noms locaux désignent des petites parties de paysage qui ont été reprises de l'usage linguistique local. Les noms locaux portent par exemple : des noms de forêts, de pâturages, de prairies, de champs. Cette donnée historique comporte les noms locaux de Genève et leur périmètre qui ont été saisi…
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