---
id: "ch_bfs_gemeinde"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["geo"]
country: ["CH"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 80
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/ch_bfs_gemeinde"
---

# Swiss municipality number (BFS-Nr.) (`ch_bfs_gemeinde`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Number of one to four digits that the Swiss Federal Statistical Office assigns to each municipality.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Geographic identifiers (geo)
- Countries: Switzerland (CH)
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^[1-9]\d{0,3}$
```

## Examples

- `5268` — Vacallo
- `5478` — Cottens

## Mappings

- wikidata: `P771`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeindenummer>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P771>

## Quality

Score 80/100. Missing: negative example, translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/ch_bfs_gemeinde.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/CH/geo/ch_bfs_gemeinde.yaml>