Appenzell

capital of canton of Appenzell Inner-Rhodes, Switzerland
Place village Q209270
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Summary

Appenzell is a village[1]. Appenzell ranks in the top 0.31% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,771 views/month, #157 of 50,837).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden[3]
  • Country: Switzerland[4]
  • Instance of: cantonal capital of Switzerland[5]
  • Official language: Swiss High German[6]
  • Postal code: 9050[7]
  • Commons category: Appenzell[8]
  • Local dialing code: 071[9]
  • Official website: https://www.appenzell.org[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Appenzell (village)[11]
  • Population: 5751[12], 5750[13], 6096[14]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17]
  • Capital of: Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden[18], Appenzell[19]
  • Heritage designation: Swiss townscape worthy of protection[20]
  • Official name: Appenzell[21]
  • List of monuments: list of cultural properties in Appenzell[22]
  • Different from: Appenzell[23]
  • Elevation above sea level: 778 m[24]
  • Area: 16.86 km²[25]

Why It Matters

Appenzell has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Appenzell is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . dam-api.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . dam-api.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Q141593662. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official name → {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Appenzell'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Official name: Appenzell, official name from swisstopo data ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot|swisstopo task]])"
  2. 15d ago · ~2026-52684-75 · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap relation id → 1683860
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'ce', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cv',
    Sitelink count → 55
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap relation id: 1683860"
  3. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Different from → Appenzell, Appenzell
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46461|batch #46461]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  4. 12w ago · Kordishal · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital of → Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell
    Wikidata description → capital of canton of Appenzell Inner-Rhodes, Switzerland
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Capital of: Appenzell"
  5. 21w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Instance of → —
    Official website → https://www.appenzell.org
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Schwende, Rüte, Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31859|batch #31859]]"
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