Official Register of Municipalities and Localities in Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate's official location register combines municipal lists from the state's Statistical Office and its Office for Surveying and Geo-Based Information. The dataset is a presentation service provided via WMS and was last updated on November 6, 2024. It is published by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie.

Use Cases

• Map administrative boundaries based on the official municipality register.
• Perform spatial joins using the standardized location identifiers.
• Analyze regional governance structures based on the combined municipal lists.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from two official state authorities: the Statistical Office and the State Office for Surveying.
• Last update was on 2024-11-06, indicating recent maintenance.
• Represents an official, authoritative register for the region.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is only accessible via WMS, which may limit programmatic analysis.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Collection Method

Combined from the 'Municipal Register of Rhineland-Palatinate' and the 'List of Municipalities' maintained by state offices.

Freshness

Last updated 2024-11-06 00:00:00

Geography

Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany