Grub AR is a

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in the

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Appenzell Ausserrhoden Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden ( ; ; ; ), in English sometimes Appenzell Outer Rhodes, is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of twenty municipalities. The seat of the gove ...

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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 Eggersriet is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of St. Gallen (Wahlkreis), St. Gallen in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of St. Gallen (canton), St. Gallen in Switzerland. History Eggersriet is fi ...

) in the canton of St. Gallen.

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 2007 federal election 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

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or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). 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