Herisau
Appearance
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 |
Herisau is the capital of the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden. As of December 2008, it had 15,527 people living there.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 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
[change | change source]Media related to Herisau at Wikimedia Commons
- Official Website (in German)
- Herisau in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.