Giresun Neighbourhood Boundaries (Mahalle & Köy): Shapefile & GeoPackage
Giresun Neighbourhood Boundaries (Mahalle & Köy): Shapefile & GeoPackage
Giresun Neighbourhood Boundaries (Mahalle & Köy)
This dataset contains 755 neighbourhood and village boundary polygons for Giresun province (il), Türkiye (Turkey), in all 16 districts (ilçe). Choose the GeoPackage (gpkg) or Shape file variant, €9.90 per format, for a digital download in EPSG:4326.
Giresun Merkez has the most units (87, 12% of all units in the province), and Doğankent has the fewest (15 units). Bulancak ties with Giresun Merkez for the most units. The provincial centre municipality (il belediyesi) lies in Giresun Merkez, and each of the other districts has one district municipality (ilçe belediyesi). Giresun also has 8 town municipalities (belde), most of them in Bulancak (2).
Key features
- Formats: GeoPackage (.gpkg) or Esri Shapefile (.shp), sold as two separate variants, GeoPackage (gpkg) and Shape file; GIS-ready for QGIS, ArcGIS and other GIS software
- Coordinate reference system: WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
- Nesting: every unit lies exactly inside its district and the Giresun province boundary
- IDs and names: stable Geolocet unit IDs, official unit codes and official unit names, plus Turkish title-case names
- Area coverage: 100% of the province area.
- Version: v5, updated October 2026
Districts (ilçe) in Giresun
Giresun has 16 districts. Units per district: Alucra (44), Bulancak (87), Çamoluk (35), Çanakçı (19), Dereli (46), Doğankent (15), Espiye (44), Eynesil (23), Giresun Merkez (87), Görele (83), Güce (19), Keşap (50), Piraziz (32), Şebinkarahisar (77), Tirebolu (57), Yağlıdere (37).
Neighbourhoods (mahalle), villages (köy) and municipalities (belediye) per district in Giresun:
| District (ilçe) | Mahalle | Köy | Unclassified | Belediye |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alucra | 6 | 38 | 0 | 1 |
| Bulancak | 28 | 58 | 1 | 3 |
| Çamoluk | 8 | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| Çanakçı | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| Dereli | 12 | 34 | 0 | 2 |
| Doğankent | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Espiye | 12 | 31 | 1 | 2 |
| Eynesil | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| Giresun Merkez | 33 | 53 | 1 | 2 |
| Görele | 21 | 62 | 0 | 2 |
| Güce | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| Keşap | 6 | 43 | 1 | 1 |
| Piraziz | 9 | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| Şebinkarahisar | 15 | 62 | 0 | 1 |
| Tirebolu | 9 | 48 | 0 | 1 |
| Yağlıdere | 16 | 21 | 0 | 2 |
Attributes and sample records
Each polygon has 12 fields; Shapefile field names are shortened where needed (for example belediye_id becomes bel_id). Field descriptions are on the Turkey neighbourhood boundaries page. Sample records from Giresun:
| id | name | name_official | type | belediye_id | belediye_name | district_id | district_name | province_id | province_name | official_code | area_km2 | geometry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90000311 | Acısu | ACISU | mahalle | 92002013 | Bulancak | 3671963 | Bulancak | 446899 | Giresun | 30741 | 4.168 | polygon data |
| 90000964 | Akıncı | AKINCI | köy | 3671973 | Giresun Merkez | 446899 | Giresun | 14330 | 2.655 | polygon data | ||
| 90004032 | Aydınlıkevler | AYDINLIKEVLER | mahalle | 92002012 | Görele | 3671975 | Görele | 446899 | Giresun | 30827 | 0.329 | polygon data |
| 90000626 | Ahurcuk | AHURCUK | köy | 3613241 | Şebinkarahisar | 446899 | Giresun | 14760 | 11.928 | polygon data | ||
| 90005975 | Balçıkbelen | BALÇIKBELEN | mahalle | 92002015 | Tirebolu | 3671983 | Tirebolu | 446899 | Giresun | 183722 | 3.900 | polygon data |
Full national dataset
- Turkey neighbourhood & village boundaries (mahalle & köy): 50,558 units for all 81 provinces with belediye links, nesting exactly with this dataset. A free Yalova sample is available there.
- Turkey districts (ilçe) boundaries: the matching district layer with 973 districts.
The full multi-level national dataset (country, regions, provinces, districts, belediye and 50,558 neighbourhoods and villages) is available on request (contact@geolocet.com).
Frequently asked questions
- How many neighbourhoods and villages does Giresun have in this dataset?
- The Giresun layer contains 755 units in 16 districts. 202 of the units are neighbourhoods (mahalle) and 548 are villages (köy), and 5 units are unclassified.
- Is each neighbourhood linked to its belediye?
- Yes, all 202 neighbourhoods in Giresun carry the ID and name of their municipality (belediye). 44 of them belong to a town municipality (belde). Villages (köy) lie outside municipalities, so their belediye fields are empty.
- Is there a free sample?
- Yes. The free Yalova sample has every administrative level in GeoPackage and Shapefile format; select Free sample (Yalova) on the Turkey neighbourhood boundaries page.
- Can I get all of Türkiye or other administrative levels?
- Yes. The neighbourhood layers of all 81 provinces also form one national dataset together with the country, region, province, district and belediye layers; it is supplied after an enquiry, as described under Full national dataset.
Dataset metadata
- Dataset name
- Giresun Neighbourhood and Village Boundaries (Mahalle & Köy)
- Description
- Boundary polygons of the 755 neighbourhoods and villages of Giresun province, Türkiye, in 16 districts: 202 mahalle, 548 köy and 5 unclassified. Giresun Merkez and Bulancak share the most units (87 each), and the polygons cover 100% of the province area. Each unit has a stable Geolocet ID, its official name and code, its district and province, and neighbourhoods are linked to one of 24 municipalities (belediye). Typical uses are GIS mapping, geocoding, spatial joins and market and logistics analysis. The layer is a paid download in GeoPackage or Shapefile format (EPSG:4326) under the Geolocet terms of service.
- Dataset ID
- geolocet-turkey-neighbourhoods-v5-giresun
- Publisher
- Geolocet
- Version
- v5 (product version)
- Last updated
- October 2026 (release of v5)
- Reference period
- October 2026: the administrative units as compiled for this release
- Spatial coverage
- Giresun province (il), Türkiye; bounding box (WGS 84): south 40.0458, west 37.9597, north 41.0793, east 39.1825
- Administrative level and features
- Admin level 8 (mahalle and köy): 755 polygons in 16 districts
- Formats
- GeoPackage (.gpkg) or Shapefile (.shp), one format per variant
- Coordinate reference system
- WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
- Identifiers
- id is a stable Geolocet unit ID (not a government code); official_code is the official administrative unit code; district_id and province_id equal the id of the Geolocet district and province layers
- Geometry
- Boundary polygons compiled by Geolocet from official and open sources and aligned to the district boundaries; the official attributes are the unit names and codes, and the polygons are a GIS representation, not a legally binding boundary delimitation
- Area coverage
- 100% of the province area
- Access
- Paid download: GeoPackage or Shapefile variant
- Licence
- Geolocet terms of service
- Part of
- Turkey Neighbourhood and Village Boundaries (Mahalle & Köy)
- Language
- English, with Turkish names and a Turkish summary
Türkçe özet
Giresun mahalle sınırları ve köy sınırları (GIS verisi): Giresun ilindeki 16 ilçede bulunan 755 birimin sınırları Shapefile veya GeoPackage formatında indirilebilir. En fazla birim Giresun Merkez ilçesindedir (87).