Schwellbrunn is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
canton of
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Appenzell Ausserrhoden (; in English sometimes Appenzell Outer Rhodes) (german: Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden; rm, Chantun Appenzell Dadora; french: Canton d'Appenzell Rhodes-Extérieures; it, Canton Appenzello Esterno) is one of the 26 canton ...
in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
.
History
Schwellbrunn is first mentioned in 1268 as ''Schwellbrunnen''.
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Geography
Schwellbrunn has an area, , of . Of this area, 61.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[
The municipality is located in the former District of Hinterland. It consists of the ]linear village
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of Schwellbrunn and a number of scattered farm houses. Schwellbrunn is the highest elevated village in the canton at . The village overviews mountains and the Lake Constance
Lake Constance (german: Bodensee, ) refers to three Body of water, bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (''Obersee''), Lower Lake Constance (''Untersee''), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, ca ...
(''Bodensee'').
Demographics
Schwellbrunn has a population () of 1,475, of which about 4.4% 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 -6.8%. Most of the population () speaks German (97.0%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.0%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.7%).
accessed 17-Sep-2009[ The age distribution, , in Schwellbrunn is; 147 people or 10.0% of the population are between 0–6 years old. 222 people or 15.1% are 6–15, and 87 people or 5.9% are 16–19. Of the adult population, 72 people or 4.9% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 419 people or 28.5% are 25–44, and 311 people or 21.2% are 45–64. The senior population distribution is 145 people or 9.9% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old, and 65 people or 4.4% are over 80.][Appenzell Outer Rhodes website]
accessed 15 September 2009
In the 2007 federal election the FDP received 73.4% of the vote.[
In Schwellbrunn about 68.9% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a '']Fachhochschule
A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts ...
'').[
Schwellbrunn has an unemployment rate of 0.84%. , there were 181 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 79 businesses involved in this sector. 65 people are employed in the ]secondary sector
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and there are 14 businesses in this sector. 159 people are employed in the tertiary sector
The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the second ...
, with 36 businesses in this sector.[
The historical population is given in the following table:]
Tourism
Agriculture and tourism are the main sources of income. The part of the village between the inns ''Harmonie'' and ''Kreuz'' was listed as a heritage site of national significance in 1995, but is not included in the newest list.Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance
21.11.2008 version, accessed 17-Sep-2009
References
External links
Official Page
(German)
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Municipalities of Appenzell Ausserrhoden