قالب:Infobox Swiss town

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This is the infobox for articles about specific municipalities of Switzerland. There are more than 2700 articles using it.

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 Swiss town/Test

and view the results in the various skins at

• Template talk:Infobox Swiss town/Test
• Template talk:Infobox Swiss town/Test2

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" (German) or "Répertoire officiel des communes de Suisse - Version MS-Excel" (French).

{{Infobox Swiss town
| subject_name         = <!-- English name of the municipality -->
| municipality_type    = <!-- use 'former' for municipalities that were merged and no longer exist *1 -->
| 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 six months of the year -->
| snow_imagecaption    = <!-- a caption describing the snowy picture, will be shown along with it in from January to June -->
| map                  = <!-- if no other map is found automatically, this will link a map at the bottom of the infobox *2 -->
| canton               = <!-- English name of the canton without "Canton of" -->
| iso-code-region      = <!-- ISO 3166-2:CH code, e.g. 'CH-SG' for St. Gallen -->
| 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 -->
| lat_d  = <!-- coordinates, degrees north, e.g. 47 --> | lat_m  = <!-- coordinates, minutes north, e.g. 13 -->
| long_d = <!-- coordinates, degrees east, e.g.  8  --> | long_m = <!-- coordinates, minutes east, e.g.  49 -->
| postal_code          = 
| municipality_code    = <!-- the four-digit SFOS number. Used to retrieve population figures and to link SFSO statistics, plus additional statistics for a number of cantons *3 -->
| area                 = <!-- Area, in km2. XXX.XX (no commas or other text) -->
| elevation            = <!-- in m (no commas or other text) -->
| elevation_description=
| population            = <!-- Tthis 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.-->
| popofyear             = 
| 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) -->
| position             = <!-- 'left' moves the label in the locator map to the left. Useful for cities in the east (e.g. Poschiavo) -->
| website              = <!-- e.g. www.rapperswil-jona.ch – if none is specified the template will link 'subject_name.ch', which usually works --> 
| mayor                =
| mayor_asof           =
| mayor_party          =
| mayor_title          =
| list_of_mayors       =
| places               = <!-- a list of villages and other places within the municipality, particularly useful for municipalities created through mergers -->
| demonym              =
| neighboring_municipalities =
|}}

• *1: Used to add the categories Category:Villages in Switzerland, Category:Former municipalities of Switzerland and [[Category:Former municipalities of {{{canton}}}]] if the field contains 'former' or Category:Municipalities of Switzerland and [[Category:Municipalities of {{{canton}}}]] in any other case
• *2: if available, a map corresponding to "Karte Gemeinde 'subject_name' 20XX.png", where XX is a year between 07 and 10, will be added automatically
• *3: additional statistics are available for municipalities in Canton of Lucerne, Canton of Neuchatel, Ticino, Vaud

Fields

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

Field en:	Field de:	Field fr:
subject_name=	NAME_ORT= or BILDPFAD_WAPPEN=	nomcommune= or drapeaucommune=
(municipality_name=)	NAME_ORT=	nomcommune=
(imagepath_coa=)	BILDPFAD_WAPPEN=	drapeaucommune=
(municipality_type=)	GEMEINDEART=
canton=	KANTON=	canton= or (lien_canton=|affichage_canton=)
district= (with )	BEZIRK= (with )	district= or (lien_district=|affichage_district=)
nd=|nm=|ed=|em=	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=
(map= (with ))	BILDPFAD_KARTE=	carte=
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 an "established", "founded", "opened" or similar date, use {{start date}} 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

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TemplateData for Infobox Swiss town

See also

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