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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 set covers all of Switzerland and is available free of charge (Datensatz wird monatlich nachgeführt).
I dati sono stati pubblicati in un nuovo modello di dati dal 1° gennaio 2024.
Simple
Identification info
- Alternate title
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Official index of cities and towns
- Date (Revision)
- 2025-12-01T00:00:00
- Date (Creation)
- 2010-01-01T00:00:00
- Citation identifier
- ch.swisstopo-vd.ortschaftenverzeichnis_plz
Citation identifier
- Collective title
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Répertoire officiel des localités avec le code postal et le périmètre
Point of contact
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
- Position name
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Geodata Distribution
- Voice
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+41 58 469 01 11
- Facsimile
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+41 58 469 04 59
Address
- City
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Wabern
- Postal code
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3084
- Country
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CH
- Electronic mail address
- Streetname
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Seftigenstrasse
- Streetnumber
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264
- Website
- http://www.swisstopo.ch ( WWW:LINK )
- Role
- Point of contact
- Last Name
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geodata
- Organisation Acronym
-
swisstopo
Point of contact
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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Federal office of topography swisstopo, survey
- Position name
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Surveying Division (Geodesy and Federal Directorate of Cadastral Surveying)
- Voice
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+41 58 464 73 03
Address
- City
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Wabern
- Postal code
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3084
- Country
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CH
- Electronic mail address
- Electronic mail address
- Electronic mail address
- Streetname
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Seftigenstrasse
- Streetnumber
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264
- Website
- https://www.cadastre.ch/ ( WWW:LINK )
- Role
- Owner
- Organisation Acronym
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swisstopo - Surveying
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Monthly
- Maintenance note
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In collaboration with the Swiss Post Office, the data were collected by the cantonal surveying authorities who are responsible for their maintenance and update.
Appraisal AAP
- Duration of conservation
- 275
- Appraisal of archival value
- of archival value
- Reason for archiving value
- Evidence of business practice
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geocat.ch
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e-geo.ch
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place
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post code
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official geodata
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opendata.swiss
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cadastral surveying
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Conservation and archiving planning AAP - Confederation
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Administrative units
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Addresses
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geocat.ch
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FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
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- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Language
- Français
- Language
- Deutsch
- Language
- Italiano
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
-
- B Location, Reference Systems
Extent
- Description
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Switzerland
))
- Basic geodata identifier
-
181.1
- Basic geodata identifier type
- Federal
- Distribution format
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ESRI Shapefile (SHP)
()
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ESRI Personal Geodatabase (Personal-GDB)
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)
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INTERLIS 2 (XTF)
()
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TEXT, semicolon separated (CSV)
()
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ESRI Shapefile (SHP)
()
- OnLine resource
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Preview map.geo.admin.ch
(
MAP:Preview
)
Preview map.geo.admin.ch
- OnLine resource
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ch.swisstopo-vd.ortschaftenverzeichnis_plz
(
OGC:WMS
)
WMS-FSDI service, layer "Official index of cities and towns"
- OnLine resource
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Download server from geo.admin.ch
(
WWW:DOWNLOAD-URL
)
Download server from geo.admin.ch
- OnLine resource
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RESTful API from geo.admin.ch
(
ESRI:REST
)
RESTful API from geo.admin.ch
Content Information
- Included with dataset
- Alternate title
-
OfficialIndexOfLocalities
- Date (Publication)
- 2024-01-01
- Model type
- INTERLIS 2
Metadata
- Metadata language
- Français
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-10-30T15:26:44.219Z
- Metadata standard name
-
GM03 2+
Metadata author
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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Federal office of topography swisstopo, survey
- Position name
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Surveying Division (Geodesy and Federal Directorate of Cadastral Surveying)
- Voice
-
+41 58 464 73 03
Address
- City
-
Wabern
- Postal code
-
3084
- Country
-
CH
- Electronic mail address
- Electronic mail address
- Electronic mail address
- Streetname
-
Seftigenstrasse
- Streetnumber
-
264
- Protocol
-
WWW:LINK
- Role
- Point of contact
- Organisation Acronym
-
swisstopo - Surveying
