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swiss-cities

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Provides a list of swiss cities based on data from bfs.admin.ch

github.com/samzurcher/swiss-cities

samzurcher/swiss-cities

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# swiss-cities Provides a list of swiss cities based on data from [bfs.admin.ch](http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/04.html). ## Installation `npm install swiss-cities` ## Usage Exports all data in `allSwissCities()` and `randomSampleOfSwissCities()`. ## How to Update based on new Data 1. Download current list from [bfs.admin.ch](http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/04.html) 2. Open the Excel file and navigate to the tab _Ortschaftenverz.-Rép. Localités_ 3. Export as CSV. Select Unicode (UTF-8) and use tab as a separator. Don't use a text delimiter. 3. Download the list of principle languages per village from https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Table.aspx?layout=tableViewLayout2&px_tableid=px-x-4003000000_123%5cpx-x-4003000000_123.px&px_language=de&px_type=PX&px_db=px-x-4003000000_123&rxid=f325e97e-e21c-4805-b3cd-04d68e5321d7 as Excel. 4. Export the data including the header row as a CSV; ensure UTF8. 5. `node convert-csv.js`. 6. Commit and publish.