feeds: add places of worship per Religion in Bern

.github/workflows/build-feeds.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: "false"
         type: boolean
+      forceGenerationBernPlacesOfWorship:
+        description: "force feed generation of places of worship per religion in Bern"
+        required: false
+        default: "false"
+        type: boolean
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -92,6 +97,31 @@ jobs:
           fi
           git commit -m "feeds: asian hornets sighting in Bern update $(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)"
 
+     - name: Generate feeds for places of worship per religion in Bern
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "workflow_dispatch" ] && [ "${{ inputs.verbose }}" = "true" ]; then
+            echo "Running in VERBOSE mode"
+            if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "workflow_dispatch" ] && [ "${{ inputs.forceGenerationBernPlacesOfWorship }}" = "true" ]; then
+              resspublica --force_gen_bernReligionMap --verbose
+            else
+              resspublica --gen_bernReligionMap --verbose
+            fi
+          else
+            if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "workflow_dispatch" ] && [ "${{ inputs.forceGenerationBernPlacesOfWorship }}" = "true" ]; then
+              resspublica --force_gen_bernReligionMap
+            else
+              resspublica --gen_bernReligionMap
+            fi
+          fi
+          git add feed/ .cache/ assets/
+          
+          if git diff --cached --quiet; then
+            echo "No changes to commit"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          git commit -m "feeds: places of worship per Religion in Bern update $(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)"
+
+
       - name: Push changes
         run: |
           git push origin main

README.md

@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ AI (ChatGPT 5.5 and Deepl) was used in this project for :
 * crafting the SPARQL requests (a language I had never heard of before this project)
 * minor debugging when alternative methods did not solve the problems.
 * German, Italian and Romansh translations.
-* counselling the right python libraries to use
+* help with Python libraries
+
+All code was reviewed by a human.
 
 ## Contributing
 

feed/atom/de/gotteshauserNachReligionImKantonBern.atom

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="de">
+  <id>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tomasriveral/ReSSPublica/refs/heads/main/feed/atom/de/gotteshauserNachReligionImKantonBern</id>
+  <title>Gotteshäuser nach Religion im Kanton Bern</title>
+  <updated>2026-06-17T21:51:13.499795+02:00</updated>
+  <author>
+    <name>ReSSPublica</name>
+  </author>
+  <link href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tomasriveral/ReSSPublica/refs/heads/main/feed/atom/de/gotteshauserNachReligionImKantonBern.atom" rel="self"/>
+  <generator uri="https://lkiesow.github.io/python-feedgen" version="1.0.0">python-feedgen</generator>
+  <subtitle>RSS-Feed der Gotteshäuser nach Religion im Kanton Bern</subtitle>
+</feed>

feed/atom/fr/lieuDeCulteParReligionDansLeCantonDeBerne.atom

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="fr">
+  <id>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tomasriveral/ReSSPublica/refs/heads/main/feed/atom/fr/lieuDeCulteParReligionDansLeCantonDeBerne</id>
+  <title>Lieu de culte par religion dans le canton de Berne</title>
+  <updated>2026-06-17T21:51:13.497469+02:00</updated>
+  <author>
+    <name>ReSSPublica</name>
+  </author>
+  <link href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tomasriveral/ReSSPublica/refs/heads/main/feed/atom/fr/lieuDeCulteParReligionDansLeCantonDeBerne.atom" rel="self"/>
+  <generator uri="https://lkiesow.github.io/python-feedgen" version="1.0.0">python-feedgen</generator>
+  <subtitle>Flux RSS des Lieu de culte par religion dans le canton de Berne</subtitle>
+</feed>

feed/rss/de/gotteshauserNachReligionImKantonBern.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" version="2.0">
+  <channel>
+    <title>Gotteshäuser nach Religion im Kanton Bern</title>
+    <link>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tomasriveral/ReSSPublica/refs/heads/main/feed/atom/de/gotteshauserNachReligionImKantonBern.atom</link>
+    <description>RSS-Feed der Gotteshäuser nach Religion im Kanton Bern</description>
+    <atom:link href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tomasriveral/ReSSPublica/refs/heads/main/feed/atom/de/gotteshauserNachReligionImKantonBern.atom" rel="self"/>
+    <docs>https://github.com/tomasriveral/ReSSPublica</docs>
+    <generator>python-feedgen</generator>
+    <language>de</language>
+    <lastBuildDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:51:13 +0200</lastBuildDate>
+  </channel>
+</rss>

feed/rss/fr/lieuDeCulteParReligionDansLeCantonDeBerne.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" version="2.0">
+  <channel>
+    <title>Lieu de culte par religion dans le canton de Berne</title>
+    <link>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tomasriveral/ReSSPublica/refs/heads/main/feed/atom/fr/lieuDeCulteParReligionDansLeCantonDeBerne.atom</link>
+    <description>Flux RSS des Lieu de culte par religion dans le canton de Berne</description>
+    <atom:link href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tomasriveral/ReSSPublica/refs/heads/main/feed/atom/fr/lieuDeCulteParReligionDansLeCantonDeBerne.atom" rel="self"/>
+    <docs>https://github.com/tomasriveral/ReSSPublica</docs>
+    <generator>python-feedgen</generator>
+    <language>fr</language>
+    <lastBuildDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:51:13 +0200</lastBuildDate>
+  </channel>
+</rss>

flake.nix

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
         matplotlib
         pycurl
         beautifulsoup4
+        seaborn
       ];
 
       # you will need to point to your local git clone
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@
           matplotlib
           beautifulsoup4
           pycurl
+          seaborn
         ];
       };
     };

pyproject.toml

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ dependencies = [
   "pyarrow", #dep for parquet
   "matplotlib",
   "beautifulsoup4",
-  "pycurl"
+  "pycurl",
+  "seaborn"
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]

resspublica/bernAsianHornet.py

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def generateBernAsianHornetFeed(ASSETS, CACHE):
             else:
                 weeklyEntry["url"] = f"https://opendata.swiss/{lang}/dataset/asiatische-hornisse"
             weeklyEntry["title"] = translatedBernAsianHornetSightings[lang] + f" {start.isoformat()}-{end.isoformat()}"
-            weeklyEntry["text"] = f"<img src=\"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tomasriveral/ReSSPublica/refs/heads/main/.cache/bernAsianHornets-{lang}-{start.isoformat()}-{end.isoformat()}.png\" alt=\"{translatedBernAsianHornetSightings[lang]} {start.isoformat()}-{end.isoformat()}\">" # yes there is an error in filename. the s in asian is capitalized. I don't really want to regenerate all the images...
+            weeklyEntry["text"] = f"<img src=\"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tomasriveral/ReSSPublica/refs/heads/main/.cache/bernAsianHornets-{lang}-{start.isoformat()}-{end.isoformat()}.png\" alt=\"{translatedBernAsianHornetSightings[lang]} {start.isoformat()}-{end.isoformat()}\">"
             feeds[lang].append(copy.deepcopy(weeklyEntry))
 
     generateFeed(

resspublica/bernReligionMap.py

@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+import pandas as pd
+import copy
+import geopandas as gpd
+from shapely import wkb
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import datetime
+from datetime import date, time
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+from tinydb import TinyDB, Query
+from time import sleep
+from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
+from pathlib import Path
+from seaborn import color_palette
+
+
+import logging
+logger = logging.getLogger("resspublica")
+
+from .translations import *
+from .utils import *
+
+# We don't have a date fields in this dataset.
+# What we do i create a snapshot (an image) each trimester to see the evolution
+
+def generateBernReligionMap(ASSETS, CACHE):
+
+    arbitraryStartDate = date.fromisoformat("2026-01-01") # start date for weekly image generation. The data source starts at 2021-05-22, but as there is no date information, we must start at today
+
+    logger.info("Generating Religion map in Bern feed...")
+    logger.info("Preparing data...")
+    #ASIAN_HORNETS_DB_PATH = CACHE / "bernAsianHornet.json"
+    #global db
+    #global q
+    #db = TinyDB(ASIAN_HORNETS_DB_PATH)
+    #q = Query()
+
+
+    # 1. Load data
+    url = "https://geofiles.be.ch/geoportal/pub/download/RELIGION/religion_relstaet.parquet"
+    dataframe = pd.read_parquet(url)
+
+    # 2. Convert WKB geometry safely
+    def safe_load(x):
+        try:
+            return wkb.loads(x)
+        except Exception:
+            return None
+
+    dataframe["geometry"] = dataframe["geometry"].apply(safe_load)
+    dataframe = dataframe.dropna(subset=["geometry"])
+
+    religionGeoDataFrame = gpd.GeoDataFrame(dataframe, geometry="geometry", crs="EPSG:2056")
+
+    # We create a trimesterly image
+    # We just need to check if we haven't already created it
+
+    # Each row is of the form Pandas(Index=127, objectid=23, uuid='D7CF8B83-4CD0-4F9E-9126-603BCCC0A42D', e_koord=2585316, n_koord=1221326, adresse='Rue de la Source 27', plz_ort='2502 Biel/Bienne', name_staet='Christkatholische Kirchgemeinde Biel', bez_staet='Christkatholische Kirchgemeinde Biel', symbol=8, reltra_id=1, reltrat_reltra_de='christlich', reltrat_reltra_fr='Christianisme', nkenn_id=6.0, nkennt_nkenn_de='christkatholisch', nkennt_nkenn_fr='catholique chrétien', kontakt_id=1, kontaktt_kontakt_de='offiziell', kontaktt_kontakt_fr='officiel', url='https://christkatholisch.ch/biel', adresse_k='Sekretariat und Pfarramt, General-Dufourstrasse 105', plz_ort_k='2502 Biel/Bienne', telefon='032 341 21 16', email='sekretariat.biel@christkatholisch.ch', jur_id=1, jurt_jur_de='öffentlich-rechtlich anerkannte Körperschaft', jurt_jur_fr='Collectivité reconnue de droit public', geometry=<POINT (2585316 1221326)>, bbox={'min_x': 2585316.0, 'min_y': 1221326.0, 'max_x': 2585316.0, 'max_y': 1221326.0})
+    
+    # Note : some religion don't have subdivision in this dataset (ex: Judaisme) and as such don't have nkennt_* keys for them we set nkenn_id to 0
+
+    # Generate a dictionary that contains all (available) religions :
+    logger.info("Gathering information on the religions...")
+    df = religionGeoDataFrame.copy()
+    
+    # ensure nkenn_id exists even when NaN
+    df['nkenn_id_filled'] = df['nkenn_id'].fillna(0).astype(int)
+    
+    # build composite key "reltra-nkenn"
+    df['key'] = df['reltra_id'].astype(int).astype(str) + "-" + df['nkenn_id_filled'].astype(str)
+    
+    # keep only relevant columns
+    cols = [
+        'key',
+        'reltra_id',
+        'nkenn_id',
+        'nkennt_nkenn_fr',
+        'nkennt_nkenn_de',
+        'reltrat_reltra_fr',
+        'reltrat_reltra_de'
+    ]
+    
+    df = df[cols].drop_duplicates(subset=['key'])
+
+    # sort by reltra_id so that religion groups are contiguous
+    df = df.sort_values(by=["reltra_id", "nkenn_id"], na_position="last")
+    # build dictionary
+    religions = (
+        df.set_index('key')
+        .apply(lambda row: {
+            k: v for k, v in {
+                "nkenn_id": row["nkenn_id"],
+                "nkennt_nkenn_fr": row["nkennt_nkenn_fr"],
+                "nkennt_nkenn_de": row["nkennt_nkenn_de"],
+                "reltra_id": row["reltra_id"],
+                "reltrat_reltra_fr": row["reltrat_reltra_fr"],
+                "reltrat_reltra_de": row["reltrat_reltra_de"],
+            }.items()
+            if pd.notna(v)
+        }, axis=1)
+        .to_dict()
+    )
+    logger.debug(religions)
+
+    # generate color palette (1 color by religion with similar religion similar color)
+    palette = color_palette("husl", len(religions.keys()))
+    color_map = {
+        key: palette[i]
+        for i, key in enumerate(religions.keys())
+    }
+
+    # as the canton borders do not change (frequently), we just download once the data
+    gdbPathToCantonBoundariesDirectory = ASSETS / "swissBOUNDARIES3D_1_5_LV95_LN02.gdb"
+    
+    cantonsBoundariesData = gpd.read_file(
+        gdbPathToCantonBoundariesDirectory,
+        layer="TLM_KANTONSGEBIET"
+    )
+    
+    bernCantonBoundaries = cantonsBoundariesData[
+        cantonsBoundariesData["KANTONSNUMMER"] == 2
+    ].to_crs(religionGeoDataFrame.crs)
+
+    religionGeoDataFrame = religionGeoDataFrame[religionGeoDataFrame.geometry.notnull()].copy()
+
+    municipialitiesBoundaries = gpd.read_file(
+        gdbPathToCantonBoundariesDirectory,
+        layer="TLM_HOHEITSGEBIET"
+    )
+    
+    bernCityBoundaries = municipialitiesBoundaries[
+        municipialitiesBoundaries["NAME"] == "Bern"
+    ].to_crs(religionGeoDataFrame.crs)
+
+    bernCityPolygon = bernCityBoundaries.geometry.iloc[0]
+    
+    # subset of the scatter points of religion within the boundaries of the city of Bern
+    religionGeoDataFrameSubsetInBernCity = religionGeoDataFrame[religionGeoDataFrame.within(bernCityPolygon)].copy()
+    
+    for start, end in trimesterRangesFrom(arbitraryStartDate):
+        if Path( CACHE / f"bernReligionMap-fr-{start.isoformat()}-{end.isoformat()}.png").exists(): # we only check french, but if one language exists the other ones should also exist
+            logger.debug(f"Trimester {start.isoformat()}-{end.isoformat()} was already cached. Skipping...")
+            continue
+        logger.debug(f"Handling trimester {start.isoformat()}-{end.isoformat()}...")
+        
+        for lang in ["fr", "de"]:
+            fig, (pltAxBernCanton, pltAxBernCity) = plt.subplots(
+                2, 1,
+                figsize=(12, 16),
+                gridspec_kw={"height_ratios": [1.2, 1]}
+            )
+            bernCantonBoundaries.plot(
+                ax=pltAxBernCanton,
+                facecolor="none",
+                edgecolor="black",
+                linewidth=2
+            )
+
+            for religion_key in religions.keys():
+                logger.info(f"Handling religion {religion_key}")
+                reltra_id_str, nkenn_id_str = religion_key.split("-")
+            
+                reltra_id = int(reltra_id_str)
+                nkenn_id = int(nkenn_id_str)
+            
+                subset = religionGeoDataFrame[religionGeoDataFrame["reltra_id"] == reltra_id]
+            
+                if nkenn_id == 0:
+                    subset.plot(
+                        ax=pltAxBernCanton,
+                        color=color_map[religion_key],
+                        markersize=5,
+                        alpha=0.6,
+                        label=religions[religion_key][f"reltrat_reltra_{lang}"]
+                    )
+                else:
+                    subset = subset[subset["nkenn_id"] == nkenn_id]
+            
+                    subset.plot(
+                        ax=pltAxBernCanton,
+                        color=color_map[religion_key],
+                        markersize=5,
+                        alpha=0.6,
+                        label=religions[religion_key][f"nkennt_nkenn_{lang}"]
+                        + f" ({religions[religion_key][f'reltrat_reltra_{lang}'].strip(" ")})"
+                    ) # for some reason the reltrat_reltra_fr for bouddisme has a final " " so we need to strip it
+            handles, labels = pltAxBernCanton.get_legend_handles_labels()
+            
+            fig.legend(
+                handles,
+                labels,
+                loc="upper right",
+                ncol=1,
+                fontsize=10,
+                title=translatedPlacesOfWorshipInBern[lang]
+            )
+            fig.subplots_adjust(right=0.8)
+            
+            pltAxBernCanton.set_title("")
+            pltAxBernCanton.set_axis_off()
+            
+            bernCantonBoundaries.plot(
+                ax=pltAxBernCity,
+                facecolor="none",
+                edgecolor="black",
+                linewidth=2
+            )
+            
+            bernCityBoundaries.boundary.plot(ax=pltAxBernCity, color="black", linewidth=1)
+            
+
+            
+            for religion_key in religions.keys():
+                reltra_id_str, nkenn_id_str = religion_key.split("-")
+            
+                reltra_id = int(reltra_id_str)
+                nkenn_id = int(nkenn_id_str)
+            
+                subset = religionGeoDataFrameSubsetInBernCity[religionGeoDataFrameSubsetInBernCity["reltra_id"] == reltra_id]
+            
+                if nkenn_id != 0:
+                    subset = subset[subset["nkenn_id"] == nkenn_id]
+            
+                subset.plot(
+                    ax=pltAxBernCity,
+                    color=color_map[religion_key],
+                    markersize=5,
+                    alpha=0.7
+                )
+            xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax = bernCityBoundaries.total_bounds
+    
+            pltAxBernCity.set_xlim(xmin, xmax)
+            pltAxBernCity.set_ylim(ymin, ymax)
+            pltAxBernCity.set_title(translatedCityOfBern[lang])
+            pltAxBernCity.set_axis_off()
+            
+            plt.tight_layout()
+            plt.savefig(CACHE / f"bernReligionMap-{lang}-{start.isoformat()}-{end.isoformat()}.png", dpi=120, bbox_inches="tight")
+            logger.debug(f"Generated bernReligionMap-{lang}-{start.isoformat()}-{end.isoformat()}.png")
+            plt.close()
+    feeds = {
+        "fr": [],
+        "de": []
+    }
+    for start, end in trimesterRangesFrom(arbitraryStartDate):
+        trimestrialEntry = {}
+        trimestrialEntry["id"] = datetime.combine(start, time(12, 0)).timestamp() # we use timestamp as ids
+        trimestrialEntry["creationDate"] = start.isoformat()
+        trimestrialEntry["date"] = start.isoformat() # there is no point have them different. On other feeds it's used for update date
+        trimestrialEntry["source"] = "opendata.swiss"
+
+        for lang in ["fr", "de"]:
+            trimestrialEntry["url"] = f"https://opendata.swiss/{lang}/dataset/religionslandkarte"
+            trimestrialEntry["title"] = f"{translatedPlacesOfWorshipInBern[lang]}-{start.isoformat()}"
+            trimestrialEntry["text"] = f"<img src=\"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tomasriveral/ReSSPublica/refs/heads/main/.cache/bernReligionMap-{lang}-{start.isoformat()}-{end.isoformat()}.png\" alt=\"{translatedPlacesOfWorshipInBern[lang]} {start.isoformat()}\">"
+    generateFeed(
+        translatedPlacesOfWorshipInBern["fr"],
+        f"Flux RSS des {translatedPlacesOfWorshipInBern["fr"]}",
+        translatedPlacesOfWorshipInBernCamelCase["fr"],
+        "fr",
+        ["rss", "atom"],
+        datetime.now().replace(tzinfo=ZoneInfo("Europe/Zurich")),
+        feeds["fr"]
+    )
+    generateFeed(
+        translatedPlacesOfWorshipInBern["de"],
+        f"RSS-Feed der {translatedPlacesOfWorshipInBern["de"]}",
+        translatedPlacesOfWorshipInBernCamelCase["de"],
+        "de",
+        ["rss", "atom"],
+        datetime.now().replace(tzinfo=ZoneInfo("Europe/Zurich")),
+        feeds["de"]
+    )

resspublica/main.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from .utils import *
 from .federalInitiativesFeeds import *
 from .translations import *
 from .bernAsianHornet import *
+from .bernReligionMap import *
 
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument("--gen_federalInitiatives", action="store_true", help="Generate federal popular initiatives feed")
     parser.add_argument("--gen_bernAsianHornets", action="store_true", help="Generate Asian hornets sightings in Bern feed (only Mondays)")
     parser.add_argument("--force_gen_bernAsianHornets", action="store_true", help="Generate Asian hornets sightings in Bern feed even when not Monday")
+    parser.add_argument("--gen_bernReligionMap", action="store_true", help="Generate map of religions in Bern (only start of trimesters)")
+    parser.add_argument("--force_gen_bernReligionMap", action="store_true", help="Generate map of religions in Bern even when not start of trimester")
 
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
@@ -35,4 +38,6 @@ def main():
         generateFederalFeed(CACHE)
     if (date.today().weekday() == 0 and args.gen_bernAsianHornets) or args.force_gen_bernAsianHornets: 
         generateBernAsianHornetFeed(ASSETS, CACHE)
+    if ( args.gen_bernReligionMap and date.today().day == 1 and date.today().month in [1, 5, 9]) or args.force_gen_bernReligionMap:
+        generateBernReligionMap(ASSETS, CACHE)
     logging.info("Done")

resspublica/translations.py

@@ -76,3 +76,15 @@ translatedBernAsianHornetSightings = {
     "it": ("Avvistamenti di calabroni asiatici a Berna"),
     "rm": ("Observaziuns da vespras asiaticas a Berna"),
 }
+translatedPlacesOfWorshipInBern = {
+    "de": "Gotteshäuser nach Religion im Kanton Bern",
+    "fr": "Lieu de culte par religion dans le canton de Berne"
+}
+translatedPlacesOfWorshipInBernCamelCase = {
+    "de": "gotteshauserNachReligionImKantonBern",
+    "fr": "lieuDeCulteParReligionDansLeCantonDeBerne"   
+}
+translatedCityOfBern = {
+    "de": "Stadt Bern",
+    "fr": "Ville de Bern"
+}

resspublica/utils.py

@@ -117,3 +117,35 @@ def weeklyRangesFrom(start_date: date):
         start += timedelta(days=7)
 
     return weeks
+
+
+def trimester_start(d: date) -> date:
+    if d.month <= 4:
+        return date(d.year, 1, 1)
+    elif d.month <= 8:
+        return date(d.year, 5, 1)
+    else:
+        return date(d.year, 9, 1)
+def next_trimester_start(d: date) -> date:
+    if d.month <= 4:
+        return date(d.year, 5, 1)
+    elif d.month <= 8:
+        return date(d.year, 9, 1)
+    else:
+        return date(d.year + 1, 1, 1)
+def trimesterRangesFrom(start_date: date):
+    today = date.today()
+
+    current_trimester_start = trimester_start(today)
+    start = trimester_start(start_date)
+
+    trimesters = []
+
+    while start < current_trimester_start:
+        next_start = next_trimester_start(start)
+        end = next_start - timedelta(days=1)
+
+        trimesters.append((start, end))
+        start = next_start
+
+    return trimesters