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Administrative units Switzerland - INSPIRE

Administrative units is based on the data set swissBOUNDARIES3D by swisstopo. It contains all administrative units and national boundaries of Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein in vector form. The product is based on an optimized data model for Switzerland and conforms to the data of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office and European INSPIRE directives. swissBOUNDARIES3D replaces the GG25 dataset from 2010 onwards.

Simple

Alternate title

Administrative units

Date (Publication)
2026-01-01T00:00:00
Date (Revision)
2025-12-18T00:00:00
Date (Creation)
2010-01-01T00:00:00
Identifier
ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d.inspire

Title

swisstopo

Date (Creation)
2018-01-01T00:00:00

Point of contact

Federal Office of Topography swisstopo - geodata (Geodata Distribution)
Seftigenstrasse 264
Wabern
3084
CH
+41 58 469 01 11
+41 58 469 04 59 (facsimile)
http://www.swisstopo.ch
Spatial representation type
Vector

Spatial resolution

Equivalent scale

Denominator
10000
Topic category
  • D Boundaries

Extent

Extent

Description

Switzerland

N
S
E
W








Extent

Extent

Description

Liechtenstein

N
S
E
W








Maintenance and update frequency
Annually
Maintenance note

Administrative Units is updated annually. The current version represents the situation as of 1 January of the current year. Updating is based on the information of the Cadastral Surveying (CS) and the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).

geocat.ch
  • official geodata

  • INSPIRE

  • opendata.swiss

Spatial scope
  • National

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Administrative units

geocat.ch
  • FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure

GEMET
  • administrative boundary

Language
Deutsch
Character encoding
UTF8
Distribution format
  • Administrative units GML application schema

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

STAC Collection

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

Administrative units Switzerland - INSPIRE - reference system ETRS89 / UTM zone 32N - format application/x-gmz

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

Administrative units Switzerland - INSPIRE - reference system ETRS89 / ETRS-LAEA - format application/x-gmz

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

Administrative units Switzerland - INSPIRE - reference system WGS84 Web Mercator - format application/x-gmz

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

Administrative units Switzerland - INSPIRE - reference system ETRS89 - format application/x-gmz

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

Administrative units Switzerland - INSPIRE - reference system WGS 84 - format application/x-gmz

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

Administrative units Switzerland - INSPIRE - reference system CH1903+ / LV95 - format application/x-gmz

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Report

Result

Title

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication)
2026-01-01
Explanation

Data set series conformity testing with INSPIRE implementing rules for spatial data sets and services interoperability.

Pass
true
Statement

Administrative units is based on an optimized data model for Switzerland and is coordinated with data from the Federal Statistical Office.

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258

Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/3035

Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/3857

Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/2056

Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/25832

Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4326

Metadata

Metadata identifier
fc2c80e5-fc87-415a-ac05-b2520957d155

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

Point of contact

Federal Office of Topography swisstopo - metadata (Metadata contact)
Seftigenstrasse 264
Wabern
3084
CH
+41 58 469 01 11
http://www.swisstopo.admin.ch
Hours of service

08h30 - 11h00 / 14h00 - 16h00 GMT+1

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage

https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/records/fc2c80e5-fc87-415a-ac05-b2520957d155

Date info (Creation)
2017-03-08T15:37:52Z
Date info (Revision)
2026-04-13T09:38:04.717939Z

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3

 
 

Spatial extent

Keywords

GEMET

administrative boundary
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Administrative units
Spatial scope

National
geocat.ch

FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure INSPIRE official geodata opendata.swiss


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