Dutch census data for a place and year
Retrieves census data for a Dutch place or municipality for the census year nearest to the specified year. Available census years: 1795, 1830, 1840, 1849, 1859, 1869, 1879, 1889, 1899. Data sources: Volkstellingen.nl (DANS) and Gemeentegeschiedenis.nl. Either place or gg_uri must be provided.
Request
- Base URL: https://api.openarchieven.nl/1.1
- URL: https://api.openarchieven.nl/1.1/related/census.json
- Auth: none declared
Query parameters
A year between 1770 and 1980 (inclusive). The nearest available census year will be selected automatically.
Name of the place (case-insensitive). If both place and gg_uri are provided, only gg_uri is used. Either place or gg_uri is required.
Name of the province (case-sensitive) to narrow down place searches. Note: province names are stored as they were at census time, e.g. Holland, Bataafsch Braband, Vriesland.
Gemeentegeschiedenis URI (case-sensitive) for the municipality, e.g. http://www.gemeentegeschiedenis.nl/gemeentenaam/Leiden. Either place or gg_uri is required. Approximately 85% of places have been mapped to a Gemeentegeschiedenis URI.
Level of detail in the response. 1=basic information and population number only, 2=like 1 plus all available census data, 3=like 2 plus aggregated data per province.
JavaScript function name for JSONP callback.
Response
Census data for up to 10 places plus optional provincial totals. Column fieldnames are prefixed with their original column number to preserve the original ordering.
Changes
No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.