Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden

E674213

canton of Switzerland

The Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden is one of Switzerland’s smallest and most traditional cantons, known for its rural Alpine landscape, strong Catholic heritage, and preservation of historic customs such as open-air popular assemblies.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Appenzell Innerrhoden	5
canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canton of Switzerland ⓘ
administrativeCenter	Appenzell NERFINISHED ⓘ
area	about 173 km² ⓘ
borderedBy	Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of St. Gallen NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Appenzell NERFINISHED ⓘ
coatOfArms	black bear on white field ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
economy	tourism ⓘ
elevationOfHighestPoint	2502 m ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice	Alpine transhumance ⓘ cattle processions ⓘ traditional folk costumes ⓘ yodeling ⓘ
hasFestival	Landsgemeinde Sunday ⓘ
hasGovernmentForm	direct democracy ⓘ
hasInstitution	Landsgemeinde NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLandscape	rural Alpine landscape ⓘ
hasMunicipalities	few municipalities ⓘ
hasVotingRightsInCouncilOfStates	one seat ⓘ
hasVotingRightsInNationalCouncil	one seat ⓘ
highestPoint	Säntis NERFINISHED ⓘ
isHalfCanton	true ⓘ
isoCode	CH-AI NERFINISHED ⓘ
isOneOf	smallest Swiss cantons ⓘ
joinedSwissConfederation	1513 ⓘ
knownFor	preservation of historic customs ⓘ strong Catholic heritage ⓘ traditional culture ⓘ
languageVariant	Swiss German NERFINISHED ⓘ
largestCity	Appenzell NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalSystem	Swiss civil law ⓘ
locatedIn	Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage	German ⓘ
partOf	Swiss Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ
population	about 16,000–17,000 inhabitants ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousMajority	Catholic ⓘ
splitFrom	Canton of Appenzell NERFINISHED ⓘ
splitReason	religious differences ⓘ
splitYear	1597 ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	cattle breeding ⓘ cheese production ⓘ dairy farming ⓘ
uses	open-air popular assembly ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canton of St. Gallen → borders → Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden ⓘ

Swiss cantons → include → Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden ⓘ

Oberegg → canton → Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden ⓘ