Schönengrund
municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland
Schönengrund is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland.
Geography
Schönengrund has an area, as of 2006, of 5.2 km2 (2.0 sq mi). Of this area, 65.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30.1% is forested. The rest of the land, (4.4%) is settled.
Demographics
Schönengrund has a population (as of 2008) of 488, of which about 3.4% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -0.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (97.8%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 0.9%) and Spanish being third ( 0.4%).
As of 2000, the gender distribution of the population was 50.8% male and 49.2% female. The age distribution, as of 2000, in Schönengrund is; 45 people or 9.8% of the population are between 0–6 years old. 73 people or 15.9% are 6-15, and 23 people or 5.0% are 16-19.
“Schönengrund” enters the record as municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Schönengrund, municipality and canton can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q64296. VIAF identifies the subject as 236544555. Authority coordinates are 47.326, 9.227. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2008 and 2000.
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