Herisau
municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland
Herisau is the capital of the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. As of December 2008, it had 15,527 people living there.
Herisau | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Herisau  | |
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| Coordinates: 47°23′N 9°16′E / 47.383°N 9.267°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Appenzell Ausserrhoden |
| District | n.a. |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Gemeinderat with 7 members |
| • Mayor | Gemeindepräsident (list) Kurt Geser (as of June 2019) |
| • Parliament | Einwohnerrat with 31 members |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25.2 km2 (9.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 771 m (2,530 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 15,744 |
| • Density | 620/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 9100 |
| SFOS number | 3001 |
| Surrounded by | Degersheim (SG), Flawil (SG), Gossau (SG), Hundwil, St. Gallen (SG), Schwellbrunn, Stein, Waldstatt |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ↑ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
Other websites
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Media related to Herisau at Wikimedia Commons
- Official Website (in German)
- Herisau in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
