The FSO is Switzerland's national competence centre for official statistics. It produces and publishes statistical information on the status and development of the population, economy, society, education, research, territory and the environment. This information is used for opinion building among the population and for the planning and management of key policy areas. They make an important contribution to a modern, democratic state.

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9 datasets found

  • Agglomerations: generalized boundaries

    Federal Statistical Office FSO
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Administrative borders which have a low level of detail are often needed for thematic maps and representations on a small scale. The digital boundaries of Switzerland and the...

    Last updated: December 14, 2017

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • major-region
    • district
    • cartographic-generalisation
    • political-boundary
    • region
    • municipality
    • lake
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • administrative-boundary
    • canton
  • Basic spatial statistical units of the first level (USPAT1)

    Federal Statistical Office FSO
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The first level of basic statistical spatial units (USPAT1) allows a detailed analysis of the territory. These units are stable over time, meaning that they are not affected by...

    Last updated: June 28, 2024

    • HTML
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • SERVICE
    • confederation
    • boundary-line
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Land use statistics based on the land coverage nomenclature NOLC04

    Federal Statistical Office FSO
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Land cover data in 27 basic categories, obtained by visual interpretation of sample points from a regular 100-metre grid on three-dimensional, digital aerial photographs. The basic...

    Last updated: October 20, 2021

    • SERVICE
    • CSV
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • HTML
    • land-use
    • land-cover
    • vegetation
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • aerial-photograph
  • Land use statistics - Forest mixture ratio 1990

    Federal Statistical Office FSO
    Regions and cities, Environment

    In 1996, as part of the project "Forest differentiation using digital satellite imagery", two datasets covering the whole of Switzerland were created on the basis of Landsat TM...

    Last updated: January 1, 1990

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • e-geoch
    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • remote-sensing
    • classification
    • satellite-image
    • digital-image-processing-technique
    • coniferous-forest
    • mixed-woodland
    • forest-ecosystem
    • wood
    • deciduous-forest
    • land-cover
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Land use statistics based on the standard nomenclature NOAS04

    Federal Statistical Office FSO
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Land use data in 72 basic categories, aggregated into 27 or 17 classes and 4 main categories, obtained by visual interpretation of sample points from a regular 100-metre grid on...

    Last updated: October 20, 2021

    • SERVICE
    • CSV
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • land-use
    • land-cover
    • vegetation
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • aerial-photograph
  • Swiss land use statistics

    Federal Statistical Office FSO
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Swiss Land Use Statistic provides detailed and accurate information on the state and evolution of land use and land cover in Switzerland. On this page you will find the geodata...

    Last updated: August 30, 2023

    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • CSV
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • land-use
    • land-cover
    • vegetation
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • aerial-photograph
  • Municipal boundaries G0: time series since 1850

    Federal Statistical Office FSO
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The « Municipal boundaries: time series since 1850 » product from the SFSO provides municipal geometries for all municipal states between 01.01.1850 and 31.12.2015 according to the...

    Last updated: February 14, 2025

    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • API
    • sub-national-boundary
    • lake
    • administrative-boundary
    • municipality
    • national-boundary
    • district
    • canton
    • political-boundary
    • official-geodata
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Basic spatial statistical units of the second level (USPAT2)

    Federal Statistical Office FSO
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Second level basic statistical spatial units (USPAT2) of around 10 000 inhabitants are formed by grouping together USPAT1s or municipalities. These units make it possible to...

    Last updated: June 28, 2024

    • HTML
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • SERVICE
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • confederation
    • boundary-line
  • Labour market areas and large labour market areas

    Federal Statistical Office FSO
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Labor market regions and large labor market regions are areas in which the majority of the working population lives and works. The two areas differ in size: labor market regions...

    Last updated: July 2, 2025

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • SERVICE
    • geographical-levels
    • download-service
    • boundary-line
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure