Switzerland/2023 Municipality Mergers

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This list was generated from: https://www.agvchapp.bfs.admin.ch/de/projects Status for 2022-12-06 as PDF: File:20221206-agvhappbfs.pdf.pdf

General notes:

  • please set swisstopo:BFS_NUMMER=* to the new BFS ref for newly created boundaries, this is ugly but we need the BFS number for statistical purposes
  • in general it is a good idea not to immediately remove the old boundary relations, retag them to boundary=historic or similar
  • if place nodes for the original municipalities are missing please add them or else search and navigation will not work
  • Suggested merger workflow

Previous mergers:

Upcoming mergers:

Change Old Names Old BFS refs New Name New ref Effective Change made in OSM Comment
Merger Adlikon

Andelfingen

Humlikon

21

30

32

Andelfingen 291 2023-01-01 https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/130747025 done
Merger Münchenbuchsee

Diemerswil

536

546

Münchenbuchsee 546 2023-01-01 https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/130747372 done
Merger Hemberg

Oberhelfenschwil

Neckertal

3372

3375

3378

Neckertal 3396 2023-01-01 https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/130742121
Merger Les Breuleux

La Chaux-des-Breuleux

6743

6744

Les Breuleux 6743 2023-01-01 https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/130762264 done
Merger Burg (AG)

Menziken

4133

4139

Menziken 4139 2023-01-01 https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/130761513 done
Merger Herznach

Ueken

4166

4179

Herznach-Ueken 4186 2023-01-01 https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/130761940

https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/130762022

done
Merger Damphreux

Lugnez

6787

6793

Damphreux-Lugnez 6811 2023-01-01 https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/130748059 done