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Herisau
Herisau
Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Herisau
	Herisau Herisau
	Coordinates: 47°23′N 9°16′E / 47.383°N 9.267°E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Appenzell Ausserrhoden
District	n.a.
Government
• Executive	Gemeinderat ; with 7 members
• Mayor	Gemeindepräsident (list); Kurt Geser; (as of June 2019)
• Parliament	Einwohnerrat ; with 31 members
Area
• Total	25.2 km2 (9.7 sq mi)
Elevation	771 m (2,530 ft)
Population (31 December 2018)
• Total	15,744
• Density	620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	9100
SFOS number	3001
ISO 3166 code	CH-AR
Surrounded by	Degersheim (SG), Flawil (SG), Gossau (SG), Hundwil, St. Gallen (SG), Schwellbrunn, Stein, Waldstatt
Website	www.herisau.ch ; SFSO statistics

Herisau is a municipality and the capital of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. It is the seat of the canton's government and parliament; the judicial authorities are situated in Trogen.

The central hamlet and the houses around the central square, the Protestant church of 1580, the houses Wetter and zur Rose (both 1737), the hamlet Schwänberg and the government building with the state archive are listed as heritage sites of national significance.^[3]

Together with other Alpine towns Herisau engages in the Alpine Town of the Year Association for the implementation of the Alpine Convention to achieve sustainable development in the Alpine Arc. Herisau was awarded Alpine Town of the Year 2003.

^ ^a ^b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
^ Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance (1995), p. 55.

[wikidata-34465df301612b4c187d3751abe3e95527f60501-v12-1] "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[wikidata-08bd17aa84cda5e3983f082e36c9004a86cf08fc-v12-2] "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

[3] Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance (1995), p. 55.

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Herisau
Municipality

Flag Coat of arms
Location of Herisau
Herisau Show map of Switzerland Herisau
Coordinates: 47°23′N 9°16′E / 47.383°N 9.267°E / 47.383; 9.267
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Appenzell Ausserrhoden
District	n.a.
Government
• Executive	Gemeinderat with 7 members
• Mayor	Gemeindepräsident (list) Kurt Geser (as of June 2019)
• Parliament	Einwohnerrat with 31 members
Area ^[1]
• Total	25.2 km² (9.7 sq mi)
Elevation	771 m (2,530 ft)
Population (31 December 2018)^[2]
• Total	15,744
• Density	620/km² (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	9100
SFOS number	3001
ISO 3166 code	CH-AR
Surrounded by	Degersheim (SG), Flawil (SG), Gossau (SG), Hundwil, St. Gallen (SG), Schwellbrunn, Stein, Waldstatt
Website	www.herisau.ch SFSO statistics