Number of inhabitants in the 2896 villages of Switzerland in the year 1900.
Usage
data("SwissInhabitants")
Arguments
Source
Schuler,M., Ullmann, D. Eidgenossische Volkszahlung:Bevoelkerungsentwicklung der Gemeinden, Bundesamt fur Statistik, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 2002
Details
This data set consists of the number of inhabitants in the 2896 communes, i.e. cities and villages, in the year 1900.
The individual count is the total number of persons living in the particular commune. The data set is unordered for
anonymity reasons. The data set has been used as part of a larger data set to identify patterns of concentration in Switzerland (see reference).
References
Behnisch, M., Ultsch, A.: Population Patterns in Switzerland 1850-2000, in: Gaul, W. et al (Eds), Advances in Data Analysis, Data Handling and Business Intelligence, Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 163-173, 2010.