page_title: Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden
section_title: Political subdivisions
hierarchical_section_title: Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden / Politics / Political subdivisions
context_page_description: The canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden is the smallest canton of Switzerland by population and the second smallest by area, with canton of Basel-City being the smallest. It was the last Swiss canton to grant women the right to vote on local issues, in 1991.
context_section_description: In Appenzell Innerrhoden, districts are the lowest administrative division, as the canton has no municipalities (except for the Feuerschaugemeinde, a special-purpose municipality for firefighting, energy and water for the town of Appenzell). The districts are functionally equivalent to municipalities elsewhere in Switzerland, and are generally shown as municipalities on maps etc.
  The canton is divided into 6 districts:
  Appenzell
  Gonten
  Oberegg
  Rüte
  Schlatt-Haslen
  Schwende
caption: Appenzell Innerrhoden districts
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