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Wald is a municipality in the
Wald has an area, , of . Of this area, 66% is used for agricultural purposes, while 28.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
accessed 15 September 2009 Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -6.3%. Most of the population () speaks German (93.6%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (2.3%) and French being third (0.8%).
accessed 17-Sep-2009 , the gender distribution of the population was 51.3% male and 48.7% female. The age distribution, , in Wald is; 94 people or 10.7% of the population are between 0–6 years old. 129 people or 14.6% are 6-15, and 50 people or 5.7% are 16-19. Of the adult population, 46 people or 5.2% of the population are between 20–24 years old. 231 people or 26.2% are 25-44, and 200 people or 22.7% are 45-64. The senior population distribution is 89 people or 10.1% of the population are between 65–79 years old, and 42 people or 4.8% are over 80.Appenzell Outer Rhodes website
accessed 15 September 2009 In the
canton
Canton may refer to:
Administrative division terminology
* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
Arts and ent ...
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 ...
.
Geography
Wald has an area, , of . Of this area, 66% is used for agricultural purposes, while 28.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
Demographics
Wald has a population () of . In 2008 about 10.1% were foreign nationals.Brief Statistics for the half-cantonaccessed 15 September 2009 Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -6.3%. Most of the population () speaks German (93.6%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (2.3%) and French being third (0.8%).
accessed 17-Sep-2009 , the gender distribution of the population was 51.3% male and 48.7% female. The age distribution, , in Wald is; 94 people or 10.7% of the population are between 0–6 years old. 129 people or 14.6% are 6-15, and 50 people or 5.7% are 16-19. Of the adult population, 46 people or 5.2% of the population are between 20–24 years old. 231 people or 26.2% are 25-44, and 200 people or 22.7% are 45-64. The senior population distribution is 89 people or 10.1% of the population are between 65–79 years old, and 42 people or 4.8% are over 80.Appenzell Outer Rhodes website
accessed 15 September 2009 In the
2007 federal election
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the FDP received 65.3% of the vote.
In Wald about 77.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education
Secondary education or post-primary education covers two phases on the International Standard Classification of Education scale. Level 2 or lower secondary education (less commonly junior secondary education) is considered the second and final ph ...
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 ...
'').
Wald has an unemployment rate of 0.58%. , there were 73 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 31 businesses involved in this sector. 133 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 16 businesses in this sector. 88 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 29 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table:
References
{{Authority control Municipalities of Appenzell Ausserrhoden