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Herisau | |
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Location of Herisau  | |
  Herisau  Herisau | |
| 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 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-AR |
| Surrounded by | Degersheim (SG), Flawil (SG), Gossau (SG), Hundwil, St. Gallen (SG), Schwellbrunn, Stein, Waldstatt |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Herisau is a municipality and the capital of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. It is the seat of the canton's government and parliament; the judicial authorities are situated in Trogen.
The central hamlet and the houses around the central square, the Protestant church of 1580, the houses Wetter and zur Rose (both 1737), the hamlet Schwänberg and the government building with the state archive are listed as heritage sites of national significance.[3]
Together with other Alpine towns Herisau engages in the Alpine Town of the Year Association for the implementation of the Alpine Convention to achieve sustainable development in the Alpine Arc. Herisau was awarded Alpine Town of the Year 2003.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance (1995), p. 55.