register_gde: Swiss official commune register: communes

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Swiss official commune register: communes

Description

The communes of Switzerland on 1 January 2023, with their district and canton. The BFS assigns a number to each commune and publishes the Swiss official commune register, used by the federal, cantonal and communal administrations to identify communes. See register_dic for the variables in German, French and Italian.

Usage

register_gde

Format

A data frame with 2,136 rows and 8 columns:

GDEKT

Canton abbreviation, e.g. "ZH".

GDEBZNR

District number.

GDENR

BFS commune number.

GDENAME

Official commune name.

GDENAMK

Short commune name.

GDEBZNA

District name.

GDEKTNA

Canton name.

GDEMUTDAT

Date of the last change, as "dd.mm.yyyy".

Source

https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/basics/swiss-official-commune-register.html

See Also

Other commune register: register_bzn, register_dic, register_gde_other, register_kt, register_kt_seeanteile

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