geom_borders: Administrative borders of Sweden, 1600-1990

In junkka/histmaps: Swedish historical administrative maps

Administrative borders of Sweden, 1600-1990

Description

Providing supplementary information on the boundaries (without the area) administrative geographical division of Swedish administrative units of: Municipal, Pastorship, Parish, Bailiwick, Contract, Magistrates court, Hundred, District court, County, Diocese and Court.

Based upon historical GIS data from the Swedish National Archive. Data on parishes and counties has been verified, while the other types of units have not. Thus, be aware of possible inconsistencies and faults.

Projection SWEREF99 EPSG:3006

Usage

data(geom_borders)

Format

A sf Simple feature collection with 9716 features

geom_id

Unique id

borders

Number of borders in collection

ref_code

Geocodes from the Swedish National Archive

start

Start year

end

End year

type_id

Unit type id

geometry

Geometry

Source

Based upon "Historiska GIS-kartor (information om territoriella indelningar i Sverige från 1600-talets slut till 1900-talets slut)" historical GIS data from the Swedish National Archive released under Creative Commons CCZero.

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