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Datasets from Federal Office for Spatial Development ARE (41)

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,...

Updated 2026-07-29 API HTML OTHER SERVICE WMS

Proportion of areas worth examining from the federal government's perspective for ground-mounted photovoltaic installations of national importance

"This dataset represents the proportion of areas worth examinig according to the Confederation. It provides an initial indication of where areas worth examinig are located in Switzerland ...

Updated 2026-07-29 HTML SERVICE

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...

Updated 2026-07-29 API HTML OTHER SERVICE WMS

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...

Updated 2026-07-29 API HTML SERVICE WMS WMTS

Crop rotation areas Switzerland (2023)

The dataset „Crop rotation areas Switzerland (2023)“ is based on the geodata on crop rotation areas available to the cantonal offices responsible for spatial planning as of 1.1.2023. The ...

Updated 2026-07-29 HTML OTHER

The wind energy concept – Map indicating federal government interests in the planning of wind energy plants

The wind energy concept is a concept as defined in Article 13 of the Swiss Spatial Planning Act (SPA, SR 700). The concept defines both the principal federal government interests which mu...

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Landscape typology of Switzerland

The landscape typology of Switzerland provides a technical basis for addressing a range of questions relating to spatial effects. The landscape typology of Switzerland is primarily used f...

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Aspects related to the use of ground-mounted photovoltaic installations

Aspects related to use as set out in the document "Freistehende Photovoltaikanlagen: Methodische Grundlage des Bundes" (Ground-mounted photovoltaic installations: methodological basis of ...

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Areas worth examining from the Confederation's point of view for ground-mounted photovoltaic installations of national importance

"The areas worth examining from the federal government's perspective provide initial indications of which areas could be considered as suitable areas in accordance with Article 10 of the ...

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Sectoral plan CERN consultation

Switzerland must promote CERN's long-term development potential, particularly in terms of spatial planning, which has prompted the Federal Council to initiate work on a federal sectoral p...

Updated 2026-07-29 HTML SERVICE

Protection interests of the Confederation for ground-mounted photovoltaic installations of national importance

This is a summary of important protection interests under federal law and other, partly competing interests, as set out in the document "Freistehende Photovoltaikanlagen: Methodische Grun...

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Settlement

The ‘Settlement’ is a geodata set of the settled landscape from a spatial development perspective. The data set serves as a geometric reference for various indicators in spatial observati...

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Housing inventory and secondary homes rate

The apartment inventory map service shows the status in blue primer of the municipalities that are subject to the building regulations of the Second Housing Act (ZWG, SR 702) and are only...

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Results tables external effects of transport

Transport and mobility result in a range of costs and benefits. Some of these are felt directly by transport users: the costs of petrol or a rail ticket, or the benefit of getting to work...

Updated 2026-06-18 CSV XLS

Travel matrices for passenger traffic and for freight traffic 2020

Travel matrices for passenger traffic (public transport and personal transport) and for freight traffic (road only) 2020 as text files. These data are part of the Transport Outlook 2040 a...

Updated 2025-10-27 ZIP

Travel matrices for passenger traffic and for freight traffic 2030

Travel matrices for passenger traffic (public transport and personal transport) and for freight traffic (road only) 2030 as text files. Source: [Transport Outlook 2040]

Updated 2025-10-27 ZIP

Travel matrices for passenger traffic and for freight traffic 2040

Travel matrices for passenger traffic (public transport and personal transport) and for freight traffic (road only) 2040 as text files. Source: [Transport Outlook 2040]

Updated 2025-10-27 ZIP

Travel matrices by trip purpose for passenger traffic 2040

Travel matrices by trip purpose for passenger traffic (public transport and personal transport) 2040 as text files. Source: [Transport Outlook 2040]

Updated 2025-10-27 ZIP

Traffic volume 2011 for passenger traffic and freight traffic

Traffic volume for passenger traffic (public transport and road) and for freight traffic (by rail and by road) as shape files for the year 2011. The average daily traffic is available. So...

Updated 2025-10-27 ZIP

Traffic volume 2012 for passenger traffic and freight traffic

Traffic volume for passenger traffic (public transport and road) and for freight traffic (by rail and by road) as shape files for the year 2012. The average daily traffic is available. So...

Updated 2025-10-27 ZIP

Traffic volume 2015 for passenger traffic and freight traffic

Traffic volume for passenger traffic (public transport and road) and for freight traffic (by rail and by road) as shape files for the year 2015. The average daily traffic is available. So...

Updated 2025-10-27 ZIP

Traffic volume 2020 for passenger traffic and freight traffic

Traffic volume for passenger traffic (public transport and road) and for freight traffic (by rail and by road) as shape files for the year 2020. The average traffic on week days is availa...

Updated 2025-10-27 ZIP

Traffic volume 2030 for passenger traffic and freight traffic

Traffic volume for passenger traffic (public transport and road) and for freight traffic (by rail and by road) as shape files for the year 2030. The average traffic on week days is availa...

Updated 2025-10-27 ZIP

Traffic volume 2040 for passenger traffic and freight traffic

Traffic volume for passenger traffic (public transport and road) and for freight traffic (by rail and by road) as shape files for the year 2040. The following documents are available: ave...

Updated 2025-10-27 ZIP