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.
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".
See also
Other commune register:
register_bzn,
register_dic,
register_gde_other,
register_kt,
register_kt_seeanteile