Herisau
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  | |
  Herisau  Herisau | |
| Coordinates: 47°23′N 9°16′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 (2018-12-31)[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
- "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
Media related to Herisau at Wikimedia Commons
- Official Website (in German)
- Herisau in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
Capitals of Swiss cantons | |||
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 | Aarau (Aargau) - Altdorf (Uri) - Appenzell (Appenzell Innerrhoden) - Basel (Basel-City) - Bellinzona (Ticino) - Bern (Bern) - Chur (Graubünden) - Delémont (Jura) - Frauenfeld (Thurgau) - Fribourg (Fribourg) - Geneva (Geneva) - Glarus (Glarus) - Herisau/Trogen (Appenzell Ausserrhoden) - Lausanne (Vaud) - Liestal (Basel-Land) - Lucerne (Lucerne) - Neuchâtel (Neuchâtel) - St. Gallen (St. Gallen) - Sarnen (Obwalden) - Schaffhausen (Schaffhausen) - Schwyz (Schwyz) - Sion (Valais) - Solothurn (Solothurn) - Stans (Nidwalden) - Zug (Zug) - Zürich (Zürich) | | |
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