Electoral cantons

This dataset contains the administrative units for the organisation of elections, within their boundaries as established by Annex I of the Electoral Code.

Simple

Date (Creation)
2022-03-16
Date (Revision)
2025-01-06
Identifier
BE.NGI-IGN / db1cdb80-a9e1-11ec-82cc-186571a04de2
Status
Completed
Custodian
  FPS Home Affairs - Dienst Verkiezingen
Koloniënstraat 11 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
www.elections.fgov.be
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Data.gov.be themes
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Belgian Federal Thesaurus
INSPIRE feature concept dictionary
GEMET - Concept themes, version 4.01
Spatial scope
Keywords
  • elections
  • electoral districts
  • electoral structure
  • organisation of elections
  • boundaries
  • electoral cantons
  • HVD_cat_administrative units
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
No limitations on public access
Use limitation
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
10000
Metadata language
Français
Metadata language
Nederlands; Vlaams
Character set
8859 Part 15
Topic category
  • Boundaries
Description
Belgium
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Unique resource identifier
EPSG:3812
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:4326
Distribution format
OnLine resource
Direct download of resource ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

Direct download of resource

OnLine resource
View service - Territorial divisions ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
OnLine resource
Direct download of resource ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

Direct download of resource

OnLine resource
Direct download of resource ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

Direct download of resource

OnLine resource
Direct download of resource ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

Direct download of resource

OnLine resource
https://verkiezingen.fgov.be/wetgeving/wetten ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Annex I of the Electoral Code

OnLine resource
https://ac.ngi.be/remoteclient-open/ngi-standard-open/Specifications/Vectordata/TerritorialDivisions_spectech_EN.pdf ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

technical specifications of the product

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Domain consistency

Name of measure
INSPIRE Conformity

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
The dataset’s compliance with the technical requirements as defined by the Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 has not been checked
Statement
The boundaries of the electoral cantons were digitised by the National Geographical Institute in accordance with the definition in Annex I of the Electoral Code. For this purpose, NGI used the authentic administrative data of the FPS Finance.
File identifier
daca9ccf-a9e1-11ec-a672-186571a04de2 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Parent identifier
Territorial divisions 1cd00540-b0ca-11ec-a863-186571a04de2
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-10-31T11:35:29
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  National Geographic Institute - Floor Van Damme
Kortenberglaan 115 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
http://www.ngi.be
 
 

Overviews

overview

Spatial extent

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Keywords

Belgian Federal Thesaurus
Administrative, statistical and cadastral units
Data.gov.be themes
Government and public sector
GEMET - Concept themes, version 4.01
federal government
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Administrative units
INSPIRE feature concept dictionary
Administrative Unit
Spatial scope
National

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