Generalized administrative boundaries K4

The «Generalized administrative boundaries K4» dataset from the Federal Statistical Office provides simplified geometries for all Swiss administrative units since 1850 and is updated annually. This dataset is well suited for the production of a wide range of thematic maps at small scales (approximately 1:500’000 and smaller), enabling the visualization of statistical data for municipalities, districts, and cantons. Geographic attributes, including area and altitude, further enrich the dataset.

Simple

Alternate title

Boundaries K4 since 1850

Date (Creation)
2025-02-14T08:30:00
Identifier
ch.bfs.generalisierte_administrative_grenzen_k4

Purpose

Réalisation de cartes thématiques de la Suisse à grande échelle.

Status
On going

Point of contact

BFS/OFS GEOSTAT - GEOSTAT is the centre of competence for geoinformation and digital image processing within the Swiss Federal Statistical Office.
Espace de l'Europe 10
Neuchâtel
2010
CH
https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/services/geostat.html
Spatial representation type
Vector
Topic category
  • D Boundaries

Extent

Extent

Description

Switzerland

N
S
E
W








Maintenance and update frequency
Annually
Duration of Conservation
100
Appraisal of Archival Value
A
Reason for Archiving Value
Developments progression

Resource format

Title

ESRI Shapefile (SHP)

Date

Resource format

Title

OGC Geopackage (GPKG)

Date

Resource format

Title

GeoJSON (GEOJSON)

Date
GEMET

  • lake

  • national boundary

  • sub-national boundary

  • municipality

  • administrative boundary

geocat.ch

  • political boundary

  • district

  • canton

  • FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure

  • national border

  • cartographic generalisation

Resource constraints

Other constraints
Opendata BY ASK: Open use. Must provide the source. Use for commercial purposes requires permission of the data owner.

Associated resource

Association Type
Resource is a description of associated resource
Metadata Reference
Language
Deutsch
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Français
Character encoding
UTF8
Distribution format

  • OGC Geopackage (GPKG)

  • ESRI Shapefile (SHP)

  • GeoJSON (GEOJSON)

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

Geodaten

Download of the generalized boundaries of the administrative units K4 of Switzerland since 1850

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

Datenbeschreibung

Geodata description of the generalized boundaries of the administrative units of Switzerland

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

Variablenliste

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

GEOSTAT

GEOSTAT ist das BFS-Kompetenzzentrum für Geoinformation und digitale Bildverarbeitung.

Reference system identifier
EPSG: 2056 | EPSG: 4326

Maintenance and update frequency
Annually

Metadata

Metadata identifier
0759a81f-3020-41b3-a1e3-db43998380d9

Language
Deutsch
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Français
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Italiano
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Rumantsch
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

BFS/OFS GEOSTAT - GEOSTAT is the centre of competence for geoinformation and digital image processing within the Swiss Federal Statistical Office.
Espace de l'Europe 10
Neuchâtel
2010
CH
https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/services/geostat.html

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage

https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/records/0759a81f-3020-41b3-a1e3-db43998380d9

Date info (Creation)
2023-11-02T16:14:57.45Z
Date info (Revision)
2026-06-08T06:13:56.113135Z

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3

 
 

Overviews

Spatial extent

Keywords

GEMET

administrative boundary lake municipality national boundary sub-national boundary
geocat.ch

FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure canton cartographic generalisation district national border political boundary


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