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Population of Falkensee from 1875 to 2014#

This example is a reproduction of the Falkensee plot found in the Vega-Lite examples.

import altair as alt
import pandas as pd

source = [
    {"year": "1875", "population": 1309},
    {"year": "1890", "population": 1558},
    {"year": "1910", "population": 4512},
    {"year": "1925", "population": 8180},
    {"year": "1933", "population": 15915},
    {"year": "1939", "population": 24824},
    {"year": "1946", "population": 28275},
    {"year": "1950", "population": 29189},
    {"year": "1964", "population": 29881},
    {"year": "1971", "population": 26007},
    {"year": "1981", "population": 24029},
    {"year": "1985", "population": 23340},
    {"year": "1989", "population": 22307},
    {"year": "1990", "population": 22087},
    {"year": "1991", "population": 22139},
    {"year": "1992", "population": 22105},
    {"year": "1993", "population": 22242},
    {"year": "1994", "population": 22801},
    {"year": "1995", "population": 24273},
    {"year": "1996", "population": 25640},
    {"year": "1997", "population": 27393},
    {"year": "1998", "population": 29505},
    {"year": "1999", "population": 32124},
    {"year": "2000", "population": 33791},
    {"year": "2001", "population": 35297},
    {"year": "2002", "population": 36179},
    {"year": "2003", "population": 36829},
    {"year": "2004", "population": 37493},
    {"year": "2005", "population": 38376},
    {"year": "2006", "population": 39008},
    {"year": "2007", "population": 39366},
    {"year": "2008", "population": 39821},
    {"year": "2009", "population": 40179},
    {"year": "2010", "population": 40511},
    {"year": "2011", "population": 40465},
    {"year": "2012", "population": 40905},
    {"year": "2013", "population": 41258},
    {"year": "2014", "population": 41777},
]

source2 = [
    {"start": "1933", "end": "1945", "event": "Nazi Rule"},
    {"start": "1948", "end": "1989", "event": "GDR (East Germany)"},
]


source_df = pd.DataFrame(source)
source2_df = pd.DataFrame(source2)


line = alt.Chart(source_df).mark_line(color="#333").encode(
    alt.X("year:T").axis(format="%Y").title("Year"),
    alt.Y("population").title("Population"),
)

point = line.mark_point(color="#333")

rect = alt.Chart(source2_df).mark_rect().encode(
    x="start:T",
    x2="end:T",
    color=alt.Color("event:N").title("Event")
)

(rect + line + point).properties(
    title="Population of Falkensee from 1875 to 2014",
    width=500,
    height=300
)
import altair as alt
import pandas as pd

source = [
    {"year": "1875", "population": 1309},
    {"year": "1890", "population": 1558},
    {"year": "1910", "population": 4512},
    {"year": "1925", "population": 8180},
    {"year": "1933", "population": 15915},
    {"year": "1939", "population": 24824},
    {"year": "1946", "population": 28275},
    {"year": "1950", "population": 29189},
    {"year": "1964", "population": 29881},
    {"year": "1971", "population": 26007},
    {"year": "1981", "population": 24029},
    {"year": "1985", "population": 23340},
    {"year": "1989", "population": 22307},
    {"year": "1990", "population": 22087},
    {"year": "1991", "population": 22139},
    {"year": "1992", "population": 22105},
    {"year": "1993", "population": 22242},
    {"year": "1994", "population": 22801},
    {"year": "1995", "population": 24273},
    {"year": "1996", "population": 25640},
    {"year": "1997", "population": 27393},
    {"year": "1998", "population": 29505},
    {"year": "1999", "population": 32124},
    {"year": "2000", "population": 33791},
    {"year": "2001", "population": 35297},
    {"year": "2002", "population": 36179},
    {"year": "2003", "population": 36829},
    {"year": "2004", "population": 37493},
    {"year": "2005", "population": 38376},
    {"year": "2006", "population": 39008},
    {"year": "2007", "population": 39366},
    {"year": "2008", "population": 39821},
    {"year": "2009", "population": 40179},
    {"year": "2010", "population": 40511},
    {"year": "2011", "population": 40465},
    {"year": "2012", "population": 40905},
    {"year": "2013", "population": 41258},
    {"year": "2014", "population": 41777},
]

source2 = [
    {"start": "1933", "end": "1945", "event": "Nazi Rule"},
    {"start": "1948", "end": "1989", "event": "GDR (East Germany)"},
]


source_df = pd.DataFrame(source)
source2_df = pd.DataFrame(source2)


line = alt.Chart(source_df).mark_line(color="#333").encode(
    x=alt.X("year:T", axis=alt.Axis(format="%Y"), title="Year"),
    y=alt.Y("population", title="Population"),
)

point = line.mark_point(color="#333")

rect = alt.Chart(source2_df).mark_rect().encode(
    x="start:T",
    x2="end:T",
    color=alt.Color("event:N", title="Event")
)

(rect + line + point).properties(
    title="Population of Falkensee from 1875 to 2014",
    width=500,
    height=300
)