Schwellbrunn
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| subject_name | Schwellbrunn |
| municipality_type | municipality |
| image_photo | Grandiose Aussicht an der Bushaltestelle in Schwellbrunn (Schweiz).jpg |
| imagepath_coa | |
| canton | Appenzell Ausserrhoden |
| iso-code-region | CH-AR |
| district | n.a. |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 9103 |
| municipality_code | 3004 |
| area | 17.39 |
| elevation | 972 |
| population | 1475 |
| website | www.schwellbrunn.ch |
| mayor | |
| mayor_title | |
| neighboring_municipalities | Degersheim (SG), Herisau, Mogelsberg (SG), Sankt Peterzell (SG), Schönengrund, Urnäsch, Waldstatt |
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| subject_name = Schwellbrunn | municipality_type = municipality | image_photo = Grandiose Aussicht an der Bushaltestelle in Schwellbrunn (Schweiz).jpg | imagepath_coa = |pixel_coa= | canton = Appenzell Ausserrhoden | iso-code-region = CH-AR | district = n.a. |coordinates = | postal_code = 9103 | municipality_code = 3004 | area = 17.39 | elevation = 972|elevation_description= | population = 1475 |populationof = December 2008 | popofyear = 2008 | website = www.schwellbrunn.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= Degersheim (SG), Herisau, Mogelsberg (SG), Sankt Peterzell (SG), Schönengrund, Urnäsch, Waldstatt | twintowns = |}} Schwellbrunn is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland.
History
Schwellbrunn is first mentioned in 1268 as Schwellbrunnen.
Geography
Schwellbrunn has an area, , of 17.4 km2. Of this area, 61.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).
The municipality is located in the former District of Hinterland. It consists of the linear village of Schwellbrunn and a number of scattered farm houses. Schwellbrunn is the highest elevated village in the canton at 966 m. The village overviews mountains and the Lake Constance (Bodensee).
Demographics
Schwellbrunn has a population () of 1,475, of which about 4.4% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -6.8%. Most of the population () speaks German (97.0%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.0%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.7%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 50.7% male and 49.3% female.
In the 2007 federal election the FDP received 73.4% of the vote.
In Schwellbrunn about 68.9% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).
Schwellbrunn has an unemployment rate of 0.84%. , there were 181 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 79 businesses involved in this sector. 65 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 14 businesses in this sector. 159 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 36 businesses in this sector.
The historical population is given in the following table: ::data[format=table title="Historical population"]
| Year | Pop. | ±% | 1667 | 1794 | 1850 | 1900 | 1941 | 1950 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,012 | — | ||||||||||||
| 2,436 | +140.7% | ||||||||||||
| 2,254 | −7.5% | ||||||||||||
| 1,888 | −16.2% | ||||||||||||
| 1,412 | −25.2% | ||||||||||||
| 1,515 | +7.3% | ||||||||||||
| 1,142 | −24.6% | ||||||||||||
| 1,438 | +25.9% | ||||||||||||
| 1,492 | +3.8% | ||||||||||||
| 1,455 | −2.5% | ||||||||||||
| 1,428 | −1.9% | ||||||||||||
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Tourism
Agriculture and tourism are the main sources of income. The part of the village between the inns Harmonie and Kreuz was listed as a heritage site of national significance in 1995, but is not included in the newest list.[[File:ETH-BIB-Schwellbrunn v. O. aus 500 m-Inlandflüge-LBS MH01-002567.tiff|thumb|Aerial view from 500 m by [[Walter Mittelholzer]] (1920)|left]] ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Silvesterklaus1.jpg" caption="Gregorian]]."] ::
References
References
- link. (12 June 2011 {{in lang). de accessed 15 September 2009
- [http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] accessed 17-Sep-2009
- The age distribution, {{as of. 2000. link. (13 September 2009 {{in lang). de accessed 15 September 2009
- {{HDS. 1296. Schwellbrunn
- [[Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance]] (1995), p. 56.
- [http://www.bevoelkerungsschutz.admin.ch/internet/bs/de/home/themen/kgs/kgs_inventar.html Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance] {{webarchive. link. (1 May 2009 21.11.2008 version, {{in lang). de accessed 17-Sep-2009
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