Statistics Finland's Service Interface (WFS): Municipal Statistical Areas Collection 2022

The dataset collection under consideration originates from the 'Tilastokeskus' (Statistics Finland) website, located in Finland. It comprises a group of related data tables, each organized in a table format with columns and rows, providing a comprehensive view of relevant data. The data in this collection is sourced from the 'Tilastokeskus' service interface (WFS). Please note that more specific details about the contents of the individual tables in this collection are not provided, but they are all interconnected and contribute to the overall understanding of the subject matter of the dataset collection. This dataset is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.fi).

Tables

Municipalities 2022 (1:4 500 000) - Data TableTSV
The table is a component of a dataset collection which encapsulates a wealth of data pertaining to the municipalities in Finland for the year 2022, at a scale of 1:4 500 000. The information is sourced from the Finnish statistical agency, 'Tilastokeskus'. The table encapsulates a wealth of geographical data, as well as information regarding the municipalities, with data points such as the name of the municipality in multiple languages. Each row of data in the table is uniquely identified by a combination of the date of extraction and the row number in the original data source. Special emphasis is placed on geographical data, with several columns dedicated to the geographical coordinates and types of geographical features. These geographic data are presented using the WGS 84 coordinate...
Municipalities 2022 (1:4 500 000): Version HistoryTSV
The 'table__history' is a part of a dataset collection that is sourced from the Finnish Statistics Bureau, 'Tilastokeskus'. This particular table serves as a historical record of its base table rows, offering a comprehensive view of how the data has evolved over time. The base table contents, titled 'Kunnat 2022' in Finnish, can be translated to 'Municipalities 2022' in English. The base content provides detailed information about Finnish municipalities at a scale of 1:4,500,000. The table is enriched with numerous columns, each serving a unique purpose. In particular, the columns '_start_date' and '_end_date' are crucial as they denote the timeline during which a particular row of data was valid. In other words, '_start_date' indicates when a row was extracted from the source, while...

Column Descriptions

Municipalities 2022 (1:4 500 000) - Data Table

Column	Type	Comment
_extract_date	date	This column stores the date when the data on the row was extracted from the source. It is one of the special columns in this table.
_row_number	long	This column contains the row number in the data extracted from the source on the extract date specified by the '_extract_date' column. It is the other special column in this table.
geom_geojson	string	This column stores the geometry of the area represented as a GEOJSON object.
geom_geotext	string	This column stores the geometry of the area represented as a textual string.
geom_type	string	This column specifies the type of the geometry used to represent the area.
geom_centroid	string	This column contains the centroid of the area represented by the geometry in the form of a point.
geom_center_x	double	This column contains the x-coordinate of the center of the geometrical area.
geom_center_y	double	This column contains the y-coordinate of the center of the geometrical area.
gml_id	string	This column contains unique identifiers for each row in the table.
kunta	string	This column stores an identifier for the municipality.
name	string	This column contains the English name of the municipality.
namn	string	This column contains the Swedish name of the municipality.
nimi	string	This column contains the Finnish name of the municipality.
vuosi	long	This column contains the year of the data.

Municipalities 2022 (1:4 500 000): Version History

Column	Type	Comment
_start_date	date	This column contains the date when the row was extracted from the data source, helping to track the version history of the base table rows.
_end_date	date	This column contains the date when a new version of the row was extracted from the data source. A null value indicates that the row is the most recent version.
_row_number	long	This column contains the number of the row in the raw data extracted from the data source. Together with '_start_date', it uniquely identifies each row in this version history table.
geom_geojson	string	This column contains geographical data in GeoJSON format, typically representing various geographical shapes.
geom_geotext	string	This column contains geographical data in text format, often representing geographical shapes such as polygons.
geom_type	string	This column indicates the type of the geographical data stored in the 'geom_geojson' and 'geom_geotext' columns.
geom_centroid	string	This column contains the centroid point of the geographical shape, represented in POINT format.
geom_center_x	double	This column contains the x-coordinate of the centroid of the geographical shape.
geom_center_y	double	This column contains the y-coordinate of the centroid of the geographical shape.
gml_id	string	This column contains a unique identifier for each row, sourced from the original dataset.
kunta	string	This column contains a unique identifier for each municipality, sourced from the original dataset.
name	string	This column contains the English name of the municipality.
namn	string	This column contains the Swedish name of the municipality.
nimi	string	This column contains the Finnish name of the municipality.
vuosi	long	This column contains the year corresponding to the data row, sourced from the original dataset.

Additional Info

Last Updated	November 12, 2024
Created	November 11, 2024