Reute, Switzerland
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| Coordinates: 47°25′N 9°35′E / 47.417°N 9.583°ECoordinates: 47°25′N 9°35′E / 47.417°N 9.583°E | ||
| Country | Switzerland | |
| Canton | Appenzell Ausserrhoden | |
| District | n.a. | |
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| • Total | 4.99 km2 (1.93 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 721 m (2,365 ft) | |
| Population (Dec 2015) | ||
| • Total | 692 | |
| • Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 9411 | |
| SFOS number | 3035 | |
| Surrounded by | Balgach (SG), Heiden, Marbach (SG), Oberegg (AI), Rebstein (SG) | |
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Reute is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland.
Reute was created due to the division of Appenzell in the wake of the Reformation. Some communities were left in the old faith, others turned themselves to the new faith. When the canton of Appenzell was divided in 1597 into a Catholic and a Protestant part of the canton, the Catholic majority of Hirschberg wanted to stay with Innerrhoden, while the Protestant minority wanted to go to Ausserrhoden. In the division of Appenzell (known as the Landteilungsbrief, literally Land division letter or treaty), the land owned by the Protestants was separated from Hirschberg and given to the Protestant Ausserrhoden, where it became the municipality of Reute. Catholic Hirschberg became part of the Ausserrhoden municipality of Oberegg.
Reute has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of 4.99 km2 (1.93 sq mi). Of this area, about 40.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 53.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.3% is settled (buildings or roads).
In the 2004/09 survey a total of 16 ha (40 acres) or about 3.2% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of 3 ha (7.4 acres) over the 1983/84 amount. Of the agricultural land, 5 ha (12 acres) is used for orchards and vineyards and 199 ha (490 acres) is fields and grasslands. Since 1983/84 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by 4 ha (9.9 acres). Rivers and lakes cover 1 ha (2.5 acres) in the municipality.
Reute is divided into three districts which are individual hamlets: Mohren (110 people), Reute (190 people) and Schachen (390 people). The church is more than 300 years old.
Reute has a population (as of December 2015[update]) of 692. As of 2014[update], 15.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 4 years (2010-2014) the population has changed at a rate of 2.12%. The birth rate in the municipality, in 2014, was 6.0, while the death rate was 4.5 per thousand residents.
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