This metadata contains the area of all the Municipalities, Districts and Cantons of Switzerland. It is based on the Swiss populations data template and largely works in the same way, requiring the input of the SFOS code (or the cantonal ISO code) and returning the area in hectares for the corresponding territory.
For area, this data template is read by the {{Swiss area}} template. To create References the syntax is as follows:
Municipality - {{Swiss area data||Source}} Municipality - {{Swiss area data||QUELLE}}
District - {{Swiss area data||Source-BZ}} District - {{Swiss area data||QUELLE-BZ}}
Canton - {{Swiss area data||Source-KT}}
eg.
| QUELLE-KT = <ref name="Area_Canton">[https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/raum-umwelt/bodennutzung-bedeckung/gesamtspektrum-regionalen-stufen/Kantone.assetdetail.1420913.html Arealstatistik Land Cover - Kantone und Grossregionen nach 6 Hauptbereichen] accessed 27 October 2017</ref>
| Source-KT = <ref name="Area_Canton">[https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/raum-umwelt/bodennutzung-bedeckung/gesamtspektrum-regionalen-stufen/Kantone.assetdetail.1420913.html Arealstatistik Land Cover - Kantone und Grossregionen nach 6 Hauptbereichen] accessed 27 October 2017</ref>