Bezirk Vorderland
Appenzell AusserrhodenBezirk Vorderland is one of 3 districts of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden and comprises 8 municipalities with 14'106 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.
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Votes in Bezirk Vorderland
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 320 % % in Walzenhausen to 420 % % in Rehetobel (median 380 % %).
Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 12.8 % in Walzenhausen to 14.5 % in Rehetobel (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 (28.05–34.763 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 Vorderland rank
sum of its municipalities11 of these postal codes reach across the district border.
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swisstopo · OSM- Which municipalities belong to Bezirk Vorderland?
- Bezirk Vorderland comprises 8 municipalities: Heiden, Walzenhausen, Wolfhalden, Rehetobel, Lutzenberg, Grub, Wald, Reute. Together they have 14'106 residents (BFS, 2025).
- Which canton is Bezirk Vorderland in?
- Bezirk Vorderland lies in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, which is divided into 3 districts.
- How many people live in Bezirk Vorderland?
- Bezirk Vorderland has 14'106 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 8 municipalities; the largest is Heiden with 4'413.
- Does Bezirk Vorderland have its own tax rate?
- No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Vorderland the municipal rate ranges from 320 % (Walzenhausen) to 420 % (Rehetobel).
- How did Bezirk Vorderland vote in the latest federal vote?
- On 27.09.2026, Bezirk Vorderland voted 28.7 % yes on “Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'” (Rejected) — the district figure BFS publishes.
Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.