Bezirk Mittelland
Appenzell AusserrhodenBezirk Mittelland is one of 3 districts of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden and comprises 5 municipalities with 18'164 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.
Votes in Bezirk Mittelland
district results as published by BFSPolitics
National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalitiesTax rate in the district
ESTV 2026A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 260 % % in Teufen (AR) to 450 % % in Trogen (median 360 % %).
Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 11.8 % in Teufen (AR) to 15.1 % in Trogen (ESTV 2'026)
Housing
BFSVacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)
Population change
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesEconomy
BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalitiesAgriculture
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesClimate · Terrain
MeteoSchweiz · swisstopoClimate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon
Energy · Accessibility
BFE · ElCom · ARESolar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (29.113–29.113 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities
Where the municipalities of Bezirk Mittelland rank
sum of its municipalities5 of these postal codes reach across the district border.
Map
swisstopo · OSM- Which municipalities belong to Bezirk Mittelland?
- Bezirk Mittelland comprises 5 municipalities: Teufen, Speicher, Gais, Bühler, Trogen. Together they have 18'164 residents (BFS, 2025).
- Which canton is Bezirk Mittelland in?
- Bezirk Mittelland lies in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, which is divided into 3 districts.
- How many people live in Bezirk Mittelland?
- Bezirk Mittelland has 18'164 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 5 municipalities; the largest is Teufen with 6'646.
- Does Bezirk Mittelland have its own tax rate?
- No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Mittelland the municipal rate ranges from 260 % (Teufen (AR)) to 450 % (Trogen).
- How did Bezirk Mittelland vote in the latest federal vote?
- On 14.06.2026, Bezirk Mittelland voted 58.1 % yes on “Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)” (Accepted) — the district figure BFS publishes.
Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.