Appenzell (village)

Appenzell
Aerial view of Appenzell
Location of Appenzell
Appenzell
Appenzell
Coordinates: 47°20′N 09°25′E / 47.333°N 9.417°E / 47.333; 9.417
CountrySwitzerland
CantonAppenzell Innerrhoden
District
Government
  Executivenone
  Parliamentnone
Area
  Total
16.86 km2 (6.51 sq mi)
Elevation
(Landsgemeindeplatz)
777 m (2,549 ft)
Population
 (2014)
  Total
5,750
  Density340/km2 (880/sq mi)
DemonymGerman: Appenzeller(in)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
9050
SFOS numbern/a
ISO 3166 codeCH-AI
Websitewww.appenzell.org
SFSO statistics

Appenzell (German pronunciation: [ˈapn̩ˌtsɛl] ) is a village, though considered as a town by the FSO, and the capital of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. Appenzell has no municipal government of its own; rather, the different parts of Appenzell belong to and are governed by the districts Appenzell and Schwende-Rüte. Because of that, for firefighting, energy and water, the village Appenzell has a special-purpose municipality, the Feuerschaugemeinde.