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Things of Interest in Switzerland

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This is a collection of web-addresses gathered in a database. It holds addresses of web sites of towns (such as Bern, Geneva or Zürich), municipalities or resorts (such as Davos, Les Diablerets or Zermatt), landmarks (such as the Engadina or mount Titlis) and much more.

We provide a simple search and an advanced search functionality, the later allows to narrow down searching by restricting your query to one or more cantons, lingual region, ZIP codes, population range, or elevation range.

For each "thing of interest", we hold the following information: Name, Web address, canton(s), lingual region(s), ZIP code(s), population (if appropriate), elevation (if appropriate), latitude and longitude as WGS-84 datum (if appropriate) and the location in relation to the Swiss grid (if appropriate).
See detailed explanation of the data items for more information.

Simple search:

Show all entries containing:
   

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Advanced search:

Show all entries containing:
Located in one of the following canton(s)*: AG AI AR BE BL BS FR GE GL GR JU LU NE
NW OW SG SH SO SZ TG TI UR VD VS ZG ZH
Located in one of the following lingual region(s)*: German French Italian Roman
ZIP Code(s): Between and
Population (if appropriate)*: <100 100..999 1000..9999 10000..99999 >100000
Elevation in meters (if appropriate)*: <500 500..1000 1000..2000 2000..3000 >3000
   

*: If you don't select any of the items, then the search engine will ignore that criteria (which is the same as if you had selected all of them).

Hints:

  1. If you are looking for the web sites of all mountains that are at least 2000 meters high, type "mountain" into the field labeled "Show all entries containing" and check the "Elevation" items "2000..3000" and ">3000".
  2. If you are looking for all cities with more than 100000 inhabitants, type "city" into the field labeled "Show all entries containing" and check the "Population" item ">100000".
  3. If you are looking for all resorts in the canton Graubünden, leave the input field labeled "Show all entries containing" empty and just select the GR checkbox of the "Located in one of the following canton(s)" item.

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Explanation of the data items in the results:

The result of your query will be shown in a table and consist of the data items described below. Not all items are available for every "thing of interest". For example, there will be no information for the item population for a landmark such as a mountain.

  1. Name: Name of the "thing of interest". Only this part of the information will be compared with the text that you type in the input field labeled "Show all entries containing".
  2. Web address (URI): Address of the web site that describes the "thing of interest". This database stores only information about "things of interest" which have a dedicated web site.
  3. Canton(s): List of the Canton(s) that the "thing of interest" is related to.
  4. Lingual region(s): List of the lingual region(s) that the "thing of interest" is related to. These are not necessarily the languages, that the information on the web site is presented in.
  5. ZIP code(s): ZIP code(s) related to the "thing of interest". Larger towns may have a whole range of ZIP codes assigned to it.
  6. Population: Population of towns, municipalities or resorts. We store only the order of magnitude (less than 100, 100..999, 1000..9999, 10000..99999, 100000 or more).
  7. Elevation: Elevation above sea level in meters, usually the altitude of the railway station or the church.
  8. Latitude: Geographical location based on the WGS-84 datum (xx.xxxx degree North), usually the location of the railway station or the church.
  9. Longitude: Geographical location based on the WGS-84 datum (xx.xxxx degree East), usually the location of the railway station or the church.
  10. Swiss grid X: Geographical location based on the Swiss grid (xxx.x), usually the location of the railway station or the church.
  11. Swiss grid Y: Geographical location based on the Swiss grid (xxx.x), usually the location of the railway station or the church.

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