Community Identification Number#Switzerland

The community number (including code no., GEOSTAT no., Or BFS no. Called ) is one of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office ( FSO) with the official church directory first awarded in 1960 number which uniquely identify territorial units in the catchment area of Switzerland serves. The equivalent in Germany and Austria is called the municipality key.

Usually these are the political communities, but it can also areas under purely cantonal sovereignty (especially lakes) or so-called Kommunanzen (joint sovereignty of several municipalities ) act ( see below).

For purely statistical purposes, the municipalities of the Principality of Liechtenstein, as well as some places in Germany was (Konstanz south of Seerhein and the enclave Büsingen ) and Italy ( Campione enclave ) assigned numbers. The award of such numbers shall not constitute a territorial claim.

General

The numbers are assigned according to the enumeration of the cantons in Article 1 of the Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation, within the cantons according to districts and further alphabetically by community name. Communities of cantons without districts were numbered consecutively. The community number is a number from one to four digits.

Exceptions to the rule indicate subsequent changes ( after 1986 ).

The community number is used not only as a key for all statistical analysis, but also for many other applications, eg in road of some cantons for the bridge designations.

Number ranges

There have been assigned the following numbers Canton:

In other statistics of the Federal Statistical Office, the cantons are simply numbered, including the former half-cantons, which have other numbers:

The cantons have received allocated to the following community number ranges:

Examples

Canton of Zurich Zurich

  • Community Affoltern am Albis: BFS no. 0002
  • ...
  • Community Wettswil am Albis: BFS no. 0014
  • Community Adlikon: BFS no. 0021
  • Community Benken ( ZH): BFS no. 0022
  • ...
  • Community Waltalingen: BFS no. 0044

Canton of Bern Berne

  • Former District Aarberg: Code no. 0301-0312 (valid until 31 December 2009)
  • Administrative District Zealand: Code no. 0243 (effective 1 January 2010) Community Aarberg: Code no. 0301 (municipality numbers of political communities remain with the introduction of administrative districts and regions in the Canton of Bern January 1, 2011 retained)
  • ...

Specialties

Between districts and cantons free areas have been left which allow some flexibility for changes.

According to the Federal Statistical Office are listed below Specialties part of the BFS numbering system, although it is not to communities in these areas. The numbers of these areas are used together with the cantonal Seeanteilen to collect and represent the complete, ie complete area of ​​Switzerland in statistics, geographical information systems, and the like.

  • Kommunanzen, ie areas which are under the sovereignty of several municipalities or (mostly uninhabited ) Community areas that can not be clearly assigned to a single community: Kommunanz Medeglia - Cadenazzo ( BFS-Nr.: 5391, to December 31, 2003: 5020 ) ( to March 2005: Kommunanz Medeglia - Robasacco in Distretto di Bellinzona, Ticino Canton )
  • Kommunanz Bidogno - Capriasca Corticiasca ( BFS-Nr.: 5392 ) in Distretto di Lugano, Canton Ticino (until 31 December 2003: Kommunanz Sala Capriasca Bidogno ( BFS-Nr. 5236 ) )
  • Kommunanz Capriasca Lugaggia ( BFS-Nr.: 5393 ) in Distretto di Lugano, Canton Ticino (until 31 December 2003: Kommunanz Sala Capriasca Vaglio ( BFS-Nr. 5237 ) )
  • Kommunanz Corticiasca - Valcolla ( BFS-Nr.: 5394, to December 31, 2003: 5238 ) in Distretto di Lugano, Ticino
  • Kommunanz Reckingen-Gluringen/Grafschaft ( BFS-Nr.: 6391 ) in the district of Goms, Valais Canton (until 31 December 2003: Kommunanz Gluringen - Ritzingen ( BFS-Nr.: 6072 ) )
  • Areas outside the political communities of Switzerland. This is to be a single land area in the lake district of the canton of Fribourg, the state forest Galm ( BFS-Nr. 2391, to December 31, 2003: 2285 ), as well as to
  • Seeareale, ie public waters which are directly under the jurisdiction of one or more cantons. The 22 lakes that are not assigned to districts, cantons or municipalities occupy pseudo - community numbers 9040-9757: Greifensee ( BFS-Nr.: 9040 )
  • Lake Zurich ( BFS-Nr.: 9050; divided into: 9051: Field ZH, 9052: Field and SZ 9053: SG area )
  • Lake Thun ( BFS-Nr.: 9073 )
  • Brienz ( BFS-Nr.: 9089 )
  • Biel / Lac de Bienne ( BFS-Nr.: 9148; divided into: 9149: field BE and 9150: NE area )
  • Neuenburgersee / Lac de Neuchâtel ( BFS-Nr.: 9151; divided into: 9152: Field BE, 9153: Field Fri, 9154: Field and VD 9155: NE area )
  • Baldeggersee ( BFS-Nr.: 9157 )
  • Sempach ( BFS-Nr.: 9163 )
  • Hallwilersee ( BFS-Nr.: 9172; divided into: 9173: LU area and 9174: Area AG)
  • Lake Zug ( BFS-Nr.: 9175; divided into: 9176: LU area, 9177: Field and SZ 9178: Area ZG)
  • Lake Lucerne ( BFS-Nr.: 9179; divided into: 9180: LU area, 9181: field UR, 9182: Territory SZ, 9183: Field and OW 9184: Area NW)
  • Sihl ( BFS-Nr.: 9216 )
  • Sarnersee ( BFS-Nr.: 9239 )
  • Walen ( BFS-Nr.: 9267; divided into: 9268: field GL and 9269: SG area )
  • Aegerisee ( BFS-Nr.: 9270 )
  • Greyerzersee / Lac de la Gruyère ( BFS-Nr.: 9276 )
  • Murten ( BFS-Nr.: 9294; divided into: 9295: FR area and 9296: field VD)
  • Lake Constance ( Switzerland's share: BFS -No. 9326; divided into 9327: SH field, 9328: Field SG, 9329: area TG)
  • Lake Lugano / Lake Lugano ( BFS-Nr.: 9710 without Seeanteil Campione d' Italia, see below)
  • Lago Maggiore ( BFS-Nr.: 9711 )
  • Lac de Joux ( BFS-Nr.: 9751 )
  • Lake Geneva / Lac Léman ( BFS-Nr.: 9757; divided into 9758: field VD, 9759: Area VS, 9760: GE area )
  • Foreign areas that have received allocated a Swiss community number (pseudo - community number ) in GEOSTAT: the German city of Konstanz ( BFS-Nr.: 7111 )
  • The German enclave Büsingen ( BFS-Nr.: 7101 )
  • The Italian enclave of Campione d' Italia ( BFS-Nr.: 7301 for the rural area and 7302 for the part of the lake ),
  • The communities in the Principality of Liechtenstein: Vaduz ( BFS-Nr.: 7001), Triesen ( BFS-Nr.: 7002 ), Balzers ( BFS-Nr.: 7003 ), Triesenberg ( BFS-Nr.: 7004 ), Schaan ( BFS No.: 7005 ), planks ( BFS-Nr.: 7006 ), ash ( BFS-Nr.: 7007 ), Moors ( BFS-Nr.: 7008 ), Gamprin ( BFS-Nr.: 7009 ), Ruggell ( BFS No.: 7010 ), Schellenberg ( BFS-Nr.: 7011 ).
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