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Matterhorn, March 2019 (01), Switzerland
Switzerland flag
24,989
Records
10
Datasets
53
Tables
10
Sources
237
SEL Fields
53
CCL Fields
📖 HERA Atlas 📕 HG Book 📊 HG Data
📋 Most recent national census: 2021 (register-based). Included in HERA.
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Datasets (10)
SEL — DGIWG Statistical Extent Location SEL+ — Platform extension (not in DGIWG core spec) CCL — DGIWG Cultural Context Location Extension — Preserved in extension tables (not in core SEL/CCL schema) Pending — Awaiting mapping

4 further sources (Ethnic Power Relations Dataset, GI-TOC / ENACT, Global Data Lab, World Values Survey) are held but not offered: their licences do not permit commercial redistribution. HERA cites their published findings with attribution and can supply the data to organisations holding their own licence — ask us.

CHE Federal Statistical Office (BFS / FSO) CHE-BFS Census
24,273 rows · 24 tables · 2024 Federal Statistical Office (BFS / FSO) 0 1 2 3 94 SEL 14 CCL 202 ext ▶
CHE World Bank Open Data CHE-WORLD_BANK Development Indicators
198 rows · 3 tables · 2024 World Bank Open Data 0 1 2 3 19 SEL 4 ext ▶
CHE UNHCR Refugee Data Finder CHE-UNHCR Migration
107 rows · 2 tables · 2025 UNHCR Refugee Data Finder 0 1 2 3 12 CCL 36 ext ▶
CHE LandScan Global (ORNL) CHE-LANDSCAN Modeled Population
44 rows · 3 tables · 2024 LandScan Global (ORNL) 0 1 2 3 Locality 21 SEL 2 ext ▶
CHE Google Community Mobility (2020-2022) CHE-GOOGLE-MOBILITY Mobility
26 rows · 1 table · 2022 Google 0 1 2 3 3 SEL 8 ext ▶
CHE Glottolog Language Catalog CHE-GLOTTOLOG Language
19 rows · 1 table · 2024 Glottolog Language Catalog 0 1 2 3 12 CCL 4 ext ▶
CHE GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) CHE-GHSL_UCDB Modeled Population
17 rows · 1 table · 2025 GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) 0 1 2 3 Locality 3 SEL 7 ext ▶
CHE OpenFactBook CHE-OPENFACTBOOK Country Profile
15 rows · 15 tables · 2024 OpenFactBook 0 1 2 3 93 SEL 3 CCL 599 ext ▶
CHE NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) CHE-NGA_GNS Language
12 rows · 2 tables · 2026 NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) 0 1 2 3 4 SEL 12 CCL 22 ext ▶
CHE INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) CHE-INFORM Risk Index
1 row · 1 table · 2026 INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) 0 1 2 3 ▶
Toponymic Footprint 49,463 place names from NGA GNS

Which languages name the landscape here, and in which writing systems. A language's toponymic footprint and its speaker population are different measures and often diverge. Counts include variant and foreign-language renderings of the same place, so a language can rank high because outside sources record names in it rather than because it is spoken locally — and a widely spoken language can be almost absent where official naming is in another language.

LanguagePlace names Share*Script
German (deu) 27,542 59.9% —
French (fra) 11,120 24.2% —
Italian (ita) 3,895 8.5% —
Romansh (roh) 3,327 7.2% —
English (eng) 115 0.2% —
+ 6 further languages (15 names, each under 0.05%)

47,167 distinct features · 11 languages · 0 scripts · 26 conventional English names
Source: NGA GEOnet Names Server (public domain) · rebuilt Wed, 05 Aug 2026.
* Shares are of the 46,014 names that carry a language code; the remaining 3,449 of 49,463 are unattributed, so these percentages do not divide into the headline count. Names follow the US/BGN convention.

Data Sources (10)

The data providers this country's datasets are sourced from — each links out to the provider.

SourceTypeAccess
Federal Statistical Office (BFS / FSO) official_nso api
Google commercial bulk_download
World Bank Open Data international_organization api
INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) international_organization api
Glottolog Language Catalog academic bulk_download
UNHCR Refugee Data Finder (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) international_organization api
NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) official_government bulk_download
GHS Urban Centre Database (Global Human Settlement · EU Joint Research Centre) international_organization bulk_download
LandScan Global (ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory) research_institution earth_engine
OpenFactBook community_compilation bulk_download

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