Administrative unit Switzerland - INSPIRE

Administrative unit is a sub layer of Administrative units and 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. swissBOUNDARIES3D replaces the GG25 dataset from 2010 onwards.

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Alternate title

Administrative unit
Date (Publication)
2018-01-24T00:00:00
Date (Revision)
2018-01-01T00:00:00
Date (Creation)
2010-01-01T00:00:00
Citation identifier
https://www.swisstopo.ch/#05d72e74-ecb8-4fe5-b122-ec883312a033

swisstopo 2018-01-01

Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Federal Office of Topography swisstopo

geodata@swisstopo.ch

Point of contact
Maintenance and update frequency
Annually
Maintenance note

Administrative unit 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).

Resource format
Name Version

Administrative units GML application schema

version 4.0, GML, version 3.2.1

geocat.ch

  • official geodata

  • opendata.swiss

  • INSPIRE

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Administrative units

Spatial scope

  • National
Use limitation

https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/home/meta/conditions/geodata/free-geodata.html

Access constraints
License
Use constraints
License
Aggregate Datasetindentifier
fc2c80e5-fc87-415a-ac05-b2520957d155
Association Type
Larger work citation
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
10000
Language
Deutsch
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Boundaries

Extent

Description

Switzerland
N
S
E
W
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Extent

Description

Liechtenstein
N
S
E
W
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Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/2056
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/0/25832
Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4326
Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258
Distribution format
Name Version

Administrative units GML application schema

version 4.0, GML, version 3.2.1
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:DOWNLOAD-URL

 		https://data.geo.admin.ch/ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d.inspire/swissboundaries3d.inspire/swissboundaries3d.inspire_4326.gml.zip

Administrative units Switzerland - INSPIRE - reference system WGS 84

WWW:DOWNLOAD-URL

 		https://data.geo.admin.ch/ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d.inspire/swissboundaries3d.inspire/swissboundaries3d.inspire_4258.gml.zip

Administrative units Switzerland - INSPIRE - reference system ETRS89

WWW:DOWNLOAD-URL

 		https://data.geo.admin.ch/ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d.inspire/swissboundaries3d.inspire/swissboundaries3d.inspire_3857.gml.zip

Administrative units Switzerland - INSPIRE - reference system WGS84 Web Mercator

WWW:DOWNLOAD-URL

 		https://data.geo.admin.ch/ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d.inspire/swissboundaries3d.inspire/swissboundaries3d.inspire_3035.gml.zip

Administrative units Switzerland - INSPIRE - reference system ETRS89 / ETRS-LAEA

WWW:DOWNLOAD-URL

 		https://data.geo.admin.ch/ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d.inspire/swissboundaries3d.inspire/swissboundaries3d.inspire_25832.gml.zip

Administrative units Switzerland - INSPIRE - reference system ETRS89 / UTM zone 32N

WWW:DOWNLOAD-URL

 		https://data.geo.admin.ch/ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d.inspire/swissboundaries3d.inspire/swissboundaries3d.inspire_2056.gml.zip

Administrative units Switzerland - INSPIRE - reference system CH1903+ / LV95
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance 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)
2010-12-08
Explanation

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

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

Metadata

File identifier
05d72e74-ecb8-4fe5-b122-ec883312a033 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-11-17T10:22:41.248Z
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Federal Office of Topography swisstopo

geocat@swisstopo.ch

Point of contact
Other language
Language Character encoding
German UTF8
Italian UTF8
French UTF8
English UTF8
 
 

Overviews

Spatial extent

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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Administrative units
Spatial scope

National
geocat.ch

INSPIRE official geodata opendata.swiss


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