 grub ar is a municipality in the canton of appenzell ausserrhoden in switzerland. ==history== grub is first mentioned in 1488 as uss der gruob. ==geography== thumb|left|upright|protestant church in grub ar grub has an area, , of . of this area, 53.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.1% is forested. of the rest of the land, 12.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). the municipality is located in the former district of vorderland. it consists of the village of grub and scattered hamlets and individual farm houses. the protestant municipality of grub ar is separated by a creek from the catholic grub sg (now part of the municipality of eggersriet) in the canton of st. gallen. ==demographics== grub has a population () of 1,014, of which about 9.3% are foreign nationals.brief statistics for the half-canton  accessed 15 september 2009 over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -1.8%. most of the population () speaks german (94.4%), with spanish being second most common ( 1.0%) and italian being third ( 0.5%).swiss federal statistical office accessed 15-sep-2009 , the gender distribution of the population was 48.9% male and 51.1% female. the age distribution, , in grub is; 90 people or 8.7% of the population are between 0â6 years old. 163 people or 15.7% are 6-15, and 50 people or 4.8% are 16-19. of the adult population, 44 people or 4.2% of the population are between 20â24 years old. 283 people or 27.3% are 25-44, and 255 people or 24.6% are 45-64. the senior population distribution is 112 people or 10.8% of the p
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