Template:Infobox Switzerland municipality/doc

This is the infobox for articles about specific municipalities of Switzerland.

For a sample use, see Aarau.

Tests for updates

Before updating the infobox, please try the updates first on the test version at

• Template:Infobox Switzerland municipality/testcases
• Template:Infobox Switzerland municipality/testcases2

Usage

{{{subject_name}}}
Municipality
[[File:{{{image_photo}}}|265px|{{{image_caption}}}]] {{{image_caption}}}
[[File:{{{imagepath_flag}}}|60px|border|Flag of {{{subject_name}}}]] Flag [[File:{{{imagepath_coa}}}|{{{pixel_coa}}}|Coat of arms of {{{subject_name}}}]] Coat of arms
Coordinates: {{{coordinates}}}
Country	Switzerland
Canton	[[Canton of {{{canton}}}|{{{canton}}}]]
District	{{{district}}}
Municipality	{{{within_municipality}}}
Government
• Mayor	{{{mayor_title}}}[[{{{list_of_mayors}}}| (list)]] {{{mayor}}} {{{mayor_party}}} (as of {{{mayor_asof}}})
Area
• Total	{{{area}}} km2 ( sq mi)
Elevation ({{{elevation_description}}})	{{{elevation}}} m ( ft)
Highest elevation ({{{highest}}})	{{{highest_m}}} m ( ft)
Lowest elevation ({{{lowest}}})	{{{lowest_m}}} m ( ft)
Population  ({{{populationof}}})
• Total	{{{population}}}
Demonym	{{{demonym}}}
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	{{{postal_code}}}
SFOS number	{{{municipality_code}}}
ISO 3166 code	{{{iso-code-region}}}
Localities	{{{places}}}
Surrounded by	{{{neighboring_municipalities}}}
Website	{{{website}}} SFSO statistics

Blank template

NOTE: population figures, year and month of the population estimate and a population reference are now added automatically thanks to the templates from Category:Swiss populations data templates. For former municipalities (villages); use either the population from before the merger, N/A or leave the population field blank. The current list of recognized municipalities can be found at the Swiss Federal Statistical Office in either German or French. Look for the Excel file called Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz - MS-Excel Version (in German) or Répertoire officiel des communes de Suisse - Version MS-Excel (in French).

NOTE: area is added automatically from Template:Switzerland area data. The area field is still retained in the template as a backup in case the template returns an error. Editing the area will have no effect unless the SFOS number is incorrect or the municipality_type is set to former.

{{Infobox Switzerland municipality
| subject_name               = <!-- English name of the municipality -->
| municipality_type          = <!-- use "former" for municipalities that were merged and no longer exist *1 -->
| imagepath_flag             = <!-- flag of the municipality, "File:" is included automatically. -->
| imagepath_coa              = <!-- coat of arms of the municipality, "File:" is included automatically. -->
| pixel_coa                  =
| image_photo                = <!-- A picture of the municipality, "File:" is included automatically. -->
| image_caption              = <!-- A caption describing the photo -->
| snow_image                 = <!-- A snow-covered photo of the municipality that will replace the main one for the first four months of the year -->
| snow_imagecaption          = <!-- A caption describing the snowy picture, will be shown along with it in from January to April -->
| coordinates                = <!-- Latitude and longitude. Use {{Coord}}. -->
| position                   = <!-- "left" moves the label in the locator map to the left. Useful for cities in the east (e.g. Poschiavo) -->
| canton                     = <!-- English name of the canton without "Canton of" -->
| district                   = <!-- Needs to be linked; if the canton is not subdivided in districts just write "n.a." -->
| within_municipality        = <!-- For villages and former municipalities, to specify which municipality they're part of -->
| mayor                      =
| mayor_asof                 =
| mayor_party                =
| mayor_title                =
| list_of_mayors             =
| area                       = <!-- Used if the municipality_code is incorrect, no longer valid or municipality_type is former.  Area, in km2. XXX.XX (no commas or other text) -->
| elevation                  = <!-- In m (no commas or other text) -->
| elevation_description      =
| highest                    = <!-- Highest point in the municipality -->
| highest_m                  = <!-- In m (no commas or other text) -->
| lowest                     = <!-- Lowest point in the municipality -->
| lowest_m                   = <!-- In m (no commas or other text) -->
| population                 = <!-- This parameter must be here to create the POPULATION field in the infobox. However, it is only used if the municipality_code is incorrect, no longer valid or municipality_type is "former". -->
| populationof               = <!-- Used if the municipality_code is incorrect, no longer valid or municipality_type is "former".-->
| demonym                    =
| postal_code                = <!-- Postal code(s) assigned to the town. -->
| municipality_code          = <!-- The four-digit SFOS number. Used to retrieve population figures and to link SFOS statistics, plus additional statistics for a number of cantons *3 -->
| iso-code-region      = <!-- ISO 3166-2:CH code, e.g. "CH-SG" for St. Gallen -->
| places                     = <!-- a list of villages and other places within the municipality, particularly useful for municipalities created through mergers -->
| neighboring_municipalities =
| website                    = <!-- e.g. www.rapperswil-jona.ch – if none is specified the template will link "subject_name.ch", which usually works --> 
}}

• *1: When the parameter value is "former", population and website information are not shown.
• *2: if available, a map corresponding to "Karte Gemeinde 'subject_name' 20XX.png", where XX is a year between 07 and 12, will be added automatically.
• *3: additional statistics are available for municipalities in Canton of Lucerne, Canton of Neuchatel, Ticino, Vaud.

Errors

Any articles with errors caused by incorrect information in the infobox will appear in Category:Swiss populations data templates/Failure.

Yearly updates

This template draws data from several sources. These data include the SFOS numbers, population and area. Some of these values will change on a yearly basis.

Template:Switzerland area data check Arealstatistik Standard - Kantonsdaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen (Area statistics) for updates

Template:SFOS2Municipality check Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis (Community Directory) for changes to SFOS numbers and mergers.

Category:Swiss populations data templates check Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB online database and update for each canton.

Fields

Many infoboxes have been converted from the German or the French language Wikipedia. The following table lists fields that are (or used to be) equivalent.

Field en:	Field de:	Field fr:
subject_name=	NAME_ORT= or BILDPFAD_WAPPEN=	nomcommune= or drapeaucommune=
(imagepath_flag=)	BILDPFAD_Flagge=	drapeaucommune=
(imagepath_coa=)	BILDPFAD_WAPPEN=	blasoncommune=
(municipality_type=)	GEMEINDEART=
canton=	KANTON=	canton= or (lien_canton=|affichage_canton=)
district= (with [[]])	BEZIRK= (with [[]])	district= or (lien_district=|affichage_district=)
coordinates=	BREITENGRAD=|LÄNGENGRAD=	longitude=|latitude=
postal_code=	PLZ=	cp=
municipal_code=	BFS=	no_OFS=
population=	EINWOHNER=	habitants=
populationof=	STAND_EINWOHNER=
(populationdensity=)		densité=
area=	FLÄCHE=	superficie=
(area_magnitude=)
altitude=	HÖHE=	altitude=
mayor= (with [[]])		syndic/maire=
website=	WEBSITE=	siteweb=
places=		localité=
neighboring_municipalities=		communeslimitrophes=
(language=)		langue=
demonym=		nom/gentilé=

Fields with names listed in parentheses are not currently displayed in this template and might never be, but they are assigned a name to facilitate conversion from fr: and de:.

Conversions

From			To
language	field	content	field	content
de	BILDPFAD_WAPPEN=		imagepath_coa=
de	STAND_EINWOHNER=	Dezember 2006	populationof=	December 2006

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the place-name and location parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. Within the hCard is a Geo microformat, which additionally makes the coordinates (latitude & longitude) parsable, so that they can be, say, looked up on a map, or downloaded to a GPS unit. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

If the place or venue has "established", "founded", "opened" or similar dates, use {{start date}} for the earliest of those dates unless the date is before 1583 CE.

If it has a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

• adr
• agent
• category
• county-name
• extended-address
• fn
• label
• locality
• nickname
• note
• org
• region
• street-address
• uid
• url
• vcard

Geo is produced by calling {{coord}}, and uses HTML classes:

• geo
• latitude
• longitude

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Precision

When giving coordinates, please use an appropriate level of precision. Do not use {{coord}}'s |name= parameter.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox Switzerland municipality in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Infobox Switzerland municipality

Tracking categories

Hidden tracking/maintenance category implemented in main and supporting templates:

• Category:Pages using infobox Switzerland municipality with an unusual mayor asof (49) (explanation needed)
• Category:Pages using infobox Switzerland municipality without website (12)
• Category:Pages using infobox Switzerland municipality with unknown parameters (10)

See also

• Wikipedia:Uploading metadata to Wikidata

Other languages

• de:Vorlage:Infobox Ort in der Schweiz (see WikiProjekt Schweiz#Gemeinden der Schweiz and Formatvorlage Ort Schweiz)
• fr:Modèle:Infobox Commune de Suisse

No description.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Subject name	subject_name	English name of the municipality.	Unknown	optional
Municipality type	municipality_type	Use "former" for municipalities that were merged and no longer exist	Unknown	optional
Image	image_photo	Photo of the location.	Unknown	optional
Image caption	image_caption	Caption for the image used. Should describe its relevance to the page.	Unknown	optional
Image size	imagesize	Specified size of the image, in pixels. Upright is preferred to pixel specification for accessibility reasons.	Unknown	optional
Snow image	snow_image	A snow-covered photo of the location that will replace the main one for the first four months of the year.	Unknown	optional
Snow image caption	snow_imagecaption	Caption for the snow image. Should describe its relevance to the page.	Unknown	optional
Snow image size	snow_imagesize	Specified size of the image, in pixels. Upright is preferred to pixel specification for accessibility reasons.	Unknown	optional
Flag image	imagepath_flag	Flag of the municipality, "File:" is included automatically.	Unknown	optional
pixel_flag	pixel_flag	no description	Unknown	optional
Coat of arms	imagepath_coa	Coat of arms of the municipality, "File:" is included automatically.	Unknown	optional
pixel_coa	pixel_coa	no description	Unknown	optional
Coordinates	Coordinates	Latitude and longitude. Use {{Coord}}	Unknown	optional
Canton	canton	English name of the canton, without "Canton of".	Unknown	optional
Label position	position	"Left" moves the label in the locator map to the left. Useful for cities in the east (e.g. Poschiavo)	Unknown	optional
ISO Code	iso-code-region	ISO 3166-2:CH code Example e.g. "CH-SG" for St. Gallen	Unknown	optional
municipality_code	municipality_code	no description	Unknown	optional
Population count	population	no description	Unknown	optional
coordinates_footnotes	coordinates_footnotes	no description	Unknown	optional
district	district	no description	Unknown	optional
Within municipality	within_municipality	For villages and former municipalities, to specify which municipality they're part of.	Unknown	optional
executive_name	executive_name	no description	Unknown	optional
executive_number_of_members	executive_number_of_members	no description	Unknown	optional
executive_members_list	executive_members_list	no description	Unknown	optional
mayor_title	mayor_title	no description	Unknown	optional
list_of_mayors	list_of_mayors	no description	Unknown	optional
mayor	mayor	no description	Unknown	optional
mayor_party	mayor_party	no description	Unknown	optional
mayor_asof	mayor_asof	no description	Unknown	optional
parliament_name	parliament_name	no description	Unknown	optional
parliament_number_of_members	parliament_number_of_members	no description	Unknown	optional
parliament_since	parliament_since	no description	Unknown	optional
parliament_presidents_list	parliament_presidents_list	no description	Unknown	optional
Area	area	Used if the municipality_code is incorrect, no longer valid or municipality_type is former. Area, in km2. XXX.XX (no commas or other text)	Unknown	optional
Area source	area_source	Source for the area.	Unknown	optional
elevation	elevation	no description	Unknown	optional
altitude	altitude	no description	Unknown	optional
elevation_description	elevation_description	no description	Unknown	optional
altitude_description	altitude_description	no description	Unknown	optional
Highest point	highest	Highest point in the place	Unknown	optional
High point (metres)	highest_m	Highest point in metres (no commas or other text)	Unknown	optional
Lowest point	lowest	Lowest point in the place	Unknown	optional
Lowest point (metres)	lowest_m	Lowest point in metres (no commas or other text)	Unknown	optional
populationof	populationof	no description	Unknown	optional
demonym	demonym	no description	Unknown	optional
demonyms	demonyms	no description	Unknown	optional
postal_code	postal_code	no description	Unknown	optional
places	places	no description	Unknown	optional
neighboring_municipalities	neighboring_municipalities	no description	Unknown	optional
Twin towns	twintowns	Any other places that have a twin or sister town agreement with it.	Unknown	optional
Website	website	If the location has an official website.	Unknown	optional
popofyear	popofyear	no description	Unknown	optional