Schwellbrunn

Geschichte

Schwellbrunn is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland.HistorySchwellbrunn is first mentioned in 1268 as Schwellbrunnen.GeographySchwellbrunn has an area, of 17.4km2. 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 966m. The village overviews mountains and the Lake Constance (Bodensee).DemographicsSchwellbrunn 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. The age distribution, in Schwellbrunn is; 147 people or 10.0% of the population are between 0–6 years old. 222 people or 15.1% are 6-15, and 87 people or 5.9% are 16-19. Of the adult population, 72 people or 4.9% of the population are between 20–24 years old. 419 people or 28.5% are 25-44, and 311 people or 21.2% are 45-64. The senior population distribution is 145 people or 9.9% of the population are between 65–79 years old, and 65 people or 4.4% are over 80.