Generalized administrative boundaries G1

The «Generalized administrative boundaries G1» 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 smaller scales (approximately 1:250’000 to 1:500’000), 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 G1 since 1850

Date (Creation)
2025-02-14T20:30:00
Identifier
ch.bfs.generalisierte_administrative_grenzen_g1

Purpose

Réalisation de cartes thématiques de la Suisse et/ou de la Principauté du Liechtenstein à petite 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
geocat.ch

  • opendata.swiss

  • FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure

  • cartographic generalisation

  • political boundary

  • district

  • canton

GEMET

  • municipality

  • lake

  • administrative boundary

  • sub-national boundary

  • national boundary

Resource constraints

Access constraints
Intellectual property rights
Use constraints
Other restrictions
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
Reference to a master resource of which this one is a part
Metadata Reference
Language
Deutsch
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Français
Character encoding
UTF8
Environment description

ESRI ArcGIS

Distribution format

  • ESRI Shapefile (SHP)

  • GeoJSON (GEOJSON)

  • OGC Geopackage (GPKG)

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

GEOSTAT

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

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

Variablenliste

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

Geodaten

Download of the generalized boundaries of the administrative units G1 of Switzerland since 1850

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

Datenbeschreibung

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

Reference system identifier
EPSG: 2056 | EPSG: 4326

Maintenance and update frequency
Annually

Metadata

Metadata identifier
8bf05e6c-72d6-40c0-a3c0-3641bf260a81

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/8bf05e6c-72d6-40c0-a3c0-3641bf260a81

Date info (Creation)
2023-11-02T14:53:26.952Z
Date info (Revision)
2026-06-08T06:22:43.211913Z

Metadata standard

Title

eCH-0271

 
 

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 opendata.swiss political boundary


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