Official index of cities and towns including postal codes and perimeter
In Article 24 of the regulations governing geographic names (GeoNV), the Federal Office of Topography (swisstopo) is commissioned to establish, administer and publish the new official index of cities and towns including postal codes and perimeter. The data are stored centrally at swisstopo.The data…
Trust score
How is this computed?Composite of 5 axes from our methodology (proof-based officialness, live verification, metadata completeness, license clarity, agent readiness).
- Officialnessweight 25%40/100
40/100 from 5 proof signals (domain / portal-backlink / GitHub-org / reciprocal / policy).
- Availabilityweight 25%100/100
Latest verification succeeded.
- Metadata completenessweight 20%70/100
7 of 10 recommended metadata fields populated.
- License clarityweight 15%50/100
License info not yet tracked for APIs (datasets only).
- Agent readinessweight 15%35/100
Docs URL present · Homepage URL present · Topic tags assigned
Official Proof
Public Sector APIProof Evidence
40% - Official domain (admin.ch)
Data schema (7 fields)
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| bgdi_createdch.swisstopo-vd.ortschaftenverzeichnis_plz.bgdi_created | varchar | — |
| idch.swisstopo-vd.ortschaftenverzeichnis_plz.id | varchar | — |
| status | varchar | — |
| modifiedLetzte Änderung | datetime | — |
| plzPLZ4 | integer | — |
| zusziffZusatzziffer | varchar | — |
| langtextOrtschaft | varchar | — |
Schema captured from arcgis 3 days ago.
Verification Status
Using the API
Configuration
- Base URL
- https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.swisstopo-vd.ortschaftenverzeichnis_plz
Query examples
curl -s 'https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.swisstopo-vd.ortschaftenverzeichnis_plz?f=json' -H 'Accept: application/json'Layer definition: fields, geometry type, capabilities.
Machine-readable & source
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