page_title: Appenzell District
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Appenzell District / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Aerial View of Appenzell
context_page_description: Appenzell District is a district of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. It has a population of 5,795. The area of Appenzell is 16.88 km². The district of Appenzell consists of a part of the village Appenzell, as well as Rinkenbach, Kau and Meistersrüte.
context_section_description: Appenzell has an area, as of 2011, of 16.9 square kilometers (6.5 sq mi). Of this area, 66.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 22.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 10.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.7% is unproductive land.
  The district (equivalent to a municipality in other cantons) is the capital of the half canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden. It also includes the Feuerschaugemeinde (fire-fighting municipality), Kirchgemeinde (parish) and Schulgemeinde (school district). The village of Appenzell is located in the center of the Sitter river valley on the eastern border of the district. It borders the districts of Rüte (north of the Sitter) and Schwende (south of the Sitter).
caption: Aerial view of Appenzell
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