Waldstatt is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. 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 ...

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

Waldstatt is first mentioned in 1374 as ''Ober Walstatt''. In 1415 it was mentioned as ''Wallstatt''.

Geography

Waldstatt has an area, , of . Of this area, 62.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 25.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located in the former District of Hinterland. It consists of the village of Waldstatt and a number of

hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...

and farm houses.

Demographics

Waldstatt has a population () of 1,755, of which about 11.5% are foreign nationals.Brief Statistics for the half-canton
accessed 15 September 2009 Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 1.9%. Most of the population () speaks German (90.9%), with Turkish being second most common ( 2.8%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.6%).
accessed 17-Sep-2009 , the gender distribution of the population was 50.2% male and 49.8% female. The age distribution, , in Waldstatt is; 157 people or 9.2% of the population are between 0–6 years old. 218 people or 12.7% are 6-15, and 93 people or 5.4% are 16–19. Of the adult population, 101 people or 5.9% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 465 people or 27.2% are 25–44, and 405 people or 23.7% are 45–64. The senior population distribution is 191 people or 11.2% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old, and 80 people or 4.7% are over 80.Appenzell Outer Rhodes website
accessed 15 September 2009 In the 2007 federal election the FDP received 71.5% of the vote. In Waldstatt about 68.6% 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 ...

''). Waldstatt has an unemployment rate of 1.33%. , there were 78 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 38 businesses involved in this sector. 304 people are employed in the

secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructi ...

and there are 19 businesses in this sector. 202 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 54 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:

Transport

The municipality has a railway station, , on the Gossau–Wasserauen line.

References

External links

*http://www.waldstatt.ch {{Authority control Municipalities of Appenzell Ausserrhoden