d.bfsrg: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (SFSO) Spatial Divisions

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Swiss Federal Statistical Office (SFSO) Spatial Divisions

Description

The Swiss Federal Statistical Office (SFSO) produces, publishes and maintains various spatial divisions for Switzerland. A dataset for the year 2022 is part of the package.

Granularity is the community level.

Usage

data("d.bfsrg")

Format

A data frame with 2148 observations on the following 27 variables.

gem_id

community id, a numeric vector

gemeinde_x

community name, factor with the names of the communities as levels (to ensure the correct order, if needed).

kt_c

canton id, numeric vector

kt_x

canton abbreviation, a factor with levels ZH BE LU UR SZ OW NW GL ZG FR SO BS BL SH AR AI SG GR AG TG TI VD VS NE GE JU

kt_bez_x

a factor with levels Zuerich Bern Luzern Uri Schwyz Obwalden Nidwalden Glarus Zug Fribourg Solothurn Basel-Stadt Basel-Landschaft Schaffhausen Appenzell Ausserrhoden Appenzell Innerrhoden St. Gallen Graubuenden Aargau Thurgau Ticino Vaud Wallis Neuchatel Geneve Jura

bezk_c

a numeric vector

bezk_x

a factor with levels Bezirk Affoltern Bezirk Andelfingen Bezirk Buelach Bezirk Dielsdorf Bezirk Hinwil ...

greg_c

a numeric vector

greg_x

a factor with levels Region lemanique Espace Mittelland Nordwestschweiz Zuerich Ostschweiz Zentralschweiz Ticino

aggl_c

a numeric vector

aggl_x

a factor with levels keine Agglomerationsgemeinde und keine Kerngemeinde ausserhalb von Agglomerationen Winterthur Zuerich Bern

aggl_grp_c

a numeric vector

aggl_grp_x

a factor with levels keine Agglomerationszugehoerigkeit >= 500000 Einwohner/innen 250000 - 499999 Einwohner/innen 100000 - 249999 Einwohner/innen

stadt_char_c

a numeric vector

stadt_char_x

a factor with levels Laendliche Gemeinde ohne staedtischen Charakter Agglomerationskerngemeinde (Kernstadt) Agglomerationskerngemeinde (Hauptkern) Agglomerationskerngemeinde (Nebenkern) Agglomerationsguertelgemeinde Mehrfach orientierte Gemeinde Kerngemeinde ausserhalb Agglomerationen

stadtland_c

a numeric vector

stadtland_x

a factor with levels stadt agglo land

gem_typ9_c

a numeric vector

gem_typ9_x

a factor with 9 levels

gem_typ25_c

a numeric vector

gem_typ25_x

a factor with 25 levels, definig types of communities

degurba_c

a numeric vector

degurba_x

a factor with levels dense intermediate thin

sprgeb_c

a numeric vector

sprgeb_x

a factor with levels d f i r

preg_c

a numeric vector containing the category of the premium region (0:3).

preg_x

a factor with levels ZH1, ZH2, ZH3, BE1, BE2, ...

Examples

head(kt <- unique(d.bfsrg[,c("kt_c","kt_x","kt_bez_x")][order(d.bfsrg$kt_c),]))
head(bezk <- unique(d.bfsrg[,c("bezk_c","bezk_x","kt_x")][order(d.bfsrg$bezk_c),]))

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