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This template displays the municipal or district population from Swiss population data.
Usage
[edit]The template uses the following syntax
{{Swiss populations|ISO code|SFOS number}}
Parameters
[edit]- ISO code is the ISO code for Switzerland followed by a "-" and the ISO code for the Canton eg.
CH-BEwould be for any municipality in the Canton of Bern. For a list of the 26 cantons, see List of Swiss Cantons. - SFOS number is the Community Identification Number for each municipality. It is found in the individual municipality's infobox. ex.
0351is the code for Bern. Larger political organizations also have a SFOS number, for exampleB0246is the number for the Bern-Mittelland administrative district.
Example
[edit]{{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0301}}
returns 4,626
which is the population in Aarberg.
While an incorrect SFOS number (for example: Oberönz formerly a municipality, now a village in Herzogenbuchsee)
{{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0984}}
returns Incorrect Municipal Code 1 0,984
and logs the failure to Category:Template:Swiss populations data/Failure
See also
[edit]- Template:Swiss populations ref provides the reference for the population
- Template:Swiss populations date provides the date that the population was recorded
- Template:Swiss populations YM returns only the year and month
- Template:Swiss populations Y returns only the year
- Template:Swiss populations NC provides the population without any formatting, for use in headers
- Template:Swiss populations sub provides a sub-total population for sub-districts