Alpine Convention
The perimeters of the Alpine Convention in Switzerland. The Alpine Convention is an international treaty between the eight Alpine countries: Germany, France, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco,...
Alpine Floodplains outside of the federal inventary
As past of the systematic inventory of flood plains, properties that were until recently not evaluated as having national significance will also be included in the federal inventory. As a...
Alpine products
Um die Bezeichnung „Alpprodukt“ (z.B. Alpkäse) verwenden zu können, müssen die Rohstoffe aus dem Sömmerungsgebiet stammen und auch dort verarbeitet werden. Die Verarbeitung folgender Prod...
Ammonia Concentration
Ammonia can harm plants and animals and contributes to elevated nitrogen deposition. Critical levels for ammonia are established in the framework of the UNECE convention on long-range tra...
Amphibian migration conflicting with traffic
Since the mid-1950s, the number of amphibians being killed on roads has increased dramatically. Every year, hundreds of thousands of amphibians cross roads in Switzerland during their mig...
Percentage of stocking along rivers
Vegetation performs important functions. It provides shade for rivers, thus reducing peak water temperatures. In the context of global warming, this is increasingly important. Furthermore...
Number of service providers on fixed networks
The broadband map gives an overview of the coverage of modern telecommunications networks in Switzerland. The coverage situation is shown in the form of statistical data per grid square (...
Labour market areas and large labour market areas
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 are relat...
Swiss land use statistics
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 of the...
Land use statistics based on the land coverage nomenclature NOLC04
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 catego...
Land use statistics based on the standard nomenclature NOAS04
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 three-dim...
Land use statistics - Forest mixture ratio 1990
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 satellite ...
Grayling population of national importance: core areas
The data on grayling populations of national importance includes three subproducts; the core zones layer includes the areas of particular importance for grayling populations, based on bio...
Grayling population of national importance: spawning grounds
The data on grayling populations of national importance includes four sub-products; the spawning grounds layer includes the areas in which natural reproduction occurs. The core data come ...
Grayling population of national importance: larva habitats
The data on grayling populations of national importance includes four subproducts; the larva habitats layer includes the areas in which larva were monitored. The core data come from the a...
Grayling population of national importance: distribution area
The data on grayling populations of national im-portance includes four subproducts; the distribution area layer includes the sections of watercourses with 20 major grayling populations of...
Floodplains outside of the federal inventary
Of all the floodplains mapped throughout Switzerland, the objects which have not been included in the federal inventory have been compiled in this dataset. A distinction has been made bet...
Bathing water quality
Assessment of bathing water quality is carried out on the basis of cantonal water monitoring data relating to the hygienic parameters E. coli and intestinal enterococci (faecal bacteria)....
Base areas (catchment areas) HADES
The base areas form the lowest layer of the system of catchment areas that describe Switzerland’s hydrographical structure (Hydrological Atlas of Switzerland, HADES). As many uniform area...
FOEN basic monitoring network for surfaces water
The data show the locations of the stations in the basic monitoring network of the Hydrology Division of the FOEN. It includes all stations currently listed on the FOEN’s home page. The b...
Building zones Switzerland (harmonized)
The dataset "Building zones Switzerland (harmonized)" is based on the geodata on building zones available to the cantonal offices responsible for spatial planning as of 1.1.2022. The cant...
Cities and conurbations which qualify for subsidies
The list of cities and conurbations which qualify for subsidies shows which municipalities are entitled to federal subsidies within the framework of the Urban Transport programme (in acco...
Mountain products
Um die Bezeichnung „Bergprodukt“ (z.B. Bergkäse) verwenden zu können, müssen die Rohstoffe aus dem Berggebiet oder dem Sömmerungsgebiet stammen und in einer Gemeinde verarbeitet werden, d...
Stocking map along watercourses and lakeshores
For the creation of the Switzerland-wide map of riparian woody vegetation, calculations were made based on available geodata. Riparian woodland was defined as vegetation over 2.5 m in hei...