Grub AR is a

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in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland.

History

Grub is first mentioned in 1488 as ''uss der Gruob.''

Geography

Grub has an area, , of . Of this area, 53.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 12.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located in the former District of Vorderland. It consists of the village of Grub and scattered

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and individual farm houses. The

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municipality of Grub AR is separated by a creek from the

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Grub SG (now part of the municipality of Eggersriet) in the canton of

St. Gallen , neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach , twintowns = Liberec (Czech Republic) , website = ...

Demographics

Grub has a population () of 1,014, of which about 9.3% are foreign nationals.Brief Statistics for the half-canton
accessed 15 September 2009 Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -1.8%. Most of the population () speaks German (94.4%), with Spanish being second most common ( 1.0%) and Italian being third ( 0.5%).
accessed 15-Sep-2009 , the gender distribution of the population was 48.9% male and 51.1% female. The age distribution, , in Grub is; 90 people or 8.7% of the population are between 0–6 years old. 163 people or 15.7% are 6-15, and 50 people or 4.8% are 16-19. Of the adult population, 44 people or 4.2% of the population are between 20–24 years old. 283 people or 27.3% are 25-44, and 255 people or 24.6% are 45-64. The senior population distribution is 112 people or 10.8% of the population are between 65–79 years old, and 41 people or 3.9% are over 80.Appenzell Outer Rhodes website
accessed 15 September 2009 In the

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the FDP received 68.3% of the vote. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Grub about 73.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a '' Fachhochschule''). Grub has an unemployment rate of 1.54%. , there were 48 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 19 businesses involved in this sector. 85 people are employed in the

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and there are 15 businesses in this sector. 138 people are employed in the

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, with 30 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

References

External links

Official Page
(German) {{Authority control Divided cities Municipalities of Appenzell Ausserrhoden