Hinterland, Switzerland
Hinterland District
Bezirk Hinterland | |
|---|---|
Interactive map of Hinterland District | |
| Country | .svg.png){kind=small} Switzerland |
| Canton |  Appenzell Ausserrhoden |
| Capital | Herisau |
| Municipalities | 7 |
| Area | |
• Total | 136 km2 (53 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 24,758 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Hinterland District is one of districts of the Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland.[1][2] Like other districts of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, it does not serve any administrative function.[3]
Municipalities
Hinterland is divided into a total of 7 municipalities:
| Coat of Arms | Municipality | Population (31 December 2020)[4] |
Area km2[5] |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Herisau | 15,649 | 25.2 |
 | Hundwil | 968 | 24.08 |
 | Schwellbrunn | 1,550 | 17.42 |
 | Schönengrund | 528 | 5.19 |
 | Stein | 1,388 | 9.36 |
 | Urnäsch | 2,263 | 48.16 |
 | Waldstatt | 1,803 | 6.75 |
| Total | 38,954 | 303.23 |
References
- ↑ "148 Bezirke und 26 Kantone der Schweiz Les 148 districts et les 26 cantons de Suisse". Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ↑ "bauport24 - Das Bauportal". www.bauport24.ch. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
- ↑ "Local and regional democracy in Switzerland". Council of Europe. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ "Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit". bfs.admin.ch (in German). Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ↑ Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeindedaten nach 4 Hauptbereichen