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Appenzell Innerrhoden (German: ; in English sometimes Appenzell Inner Rhodes) is the smallest canton
Cantons of Switzerland

File:Karte 13 Alte Orte.pngThe 26 cantons of Switzerland are the State s of the federation of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereignty state with its own borders, army and currency until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848....
 of Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
 by population and the second smallest by area, Basel-City
Basel-City

Basel-City is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. The city of Basel and the municipalities of Bettingen and Riehen form its territory....
 having less area. The population of the canton was 15,471 as of 2007, of which 1,510 (or 9.76%) were foreigners.

Appenzell Innerrhoden is a canton in the north east of Switzerland. Its area is 173 km². The canton was split in 1597 for religious reasons from the former canton Appenzell
Appenzell

Appenzell is a region in the northeast of Switzerland, entirely surrounded by the Canton of St. Gallen. A former canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy, Appenzell has been divided since 1597 into Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden....
, with Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden is a Cantons of Switzerland of Switzerland. The seat of the government and parliament is Herisau, judicial authorities are in Trogen....
 being the other half.

Appenzell
Appenzell (town)

Appenzell is the Capital of the Cantons of Switzerland of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. The buildings in the village core, the parish church, the 1563 town hall, the Salesis house, the ruins of Castle Clanx and the state archives with the administration building are listed as Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and r...
 is the capital of this canton.






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Appenzell Innerrhoden (German: ; in English sometimes Appenzell Inner Rhodes) is the smallest canton
Cantons of Switzerland

File:Karte 13 Alte Orte.pngThe 26 cantons of Switzerland are the State s of the federation of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereignty state with its own borders, army and currency until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848....
 of Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
 by population and the second smallest by area, Basel-City
Basel-City

Basel-City is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. The city of Basel and the municipalities of Bettingen and Riehen form its territory....
 having less area. The population of the canton was 15,471 as of 2007, of which 1,510 (or 9.76%) were foreigners.

Appenzell Innerrhoden is a canton in the north east of Switzerland. Its area is 173 km². The canton was split in 1597 for religious reasons from the former canton Appenzell
Appenzell

Appenzell is a region in the northeast of Switzerland, entirely surrounded by the Canton of St. Gallen. A former canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy, Appenzell has been divided since 1597 into Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden....
, with Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden is a Cantons of Switzerland of Switzerland. The seat of the government and parliament is Herisau, judicial authorities are in Trogen....
 being the other half.

Appenzell
Appenzell (town)

Appenzell is the Capital of the Cantons of Switzerland of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. The buildings in the village core, the parish church, the 1563 town hall, the Salesis house, the ruins of Castle Clanx and the state archives with the administration building are listed as Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and r...
 is the capital of this canton. The constitution was established in 1872. Most of the canton is pastoral, this despite being mountainous. Cattle breeding and dairy farming are the main agricultural activities: Appenzeller cheese
Appenzeller (cheese)

Appenzeller cheese is a hard cattle-milk cheese produced in the Appenzell region of northeast Switzerland. A herbal brine, sometimes incorporating wine or cider, is applied to the wheels of cheese while they cure, which flavors and preserves the cheese while promoting the formation of a rind....
 is widely available throughout Switzerland.

Citizens from the canton assemble every last Sunday of April for the Landsgemeinde
Landsgemeinde

The Landsgemeinde or "cantonal assembly" is one of the oldest and purest forms of direct democracy. It is still practised in two cantons of Switzerland....
 (general assembly) in a square in Appenzell
Appenzell

Appenzell is a region in the northeast of Switzerland, entirely surrounded by the Canton of St. Gallen. A former canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy, Appenzell has been divided since 1597 into Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden....
 and vote on laws and elect the Governing Council. Until a 1990 decision by the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland
Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland

The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland is the supreme court of Switzerland. It is located in Lausanne.According to the Constitution of Switzerland, the court has jurisdiction over violations of:...
, women did not have the right to vote at the cantonal level in Appenzell Innerrhoden.

The Säntis
Säntis

File:S?ntis - 29.07.01 0089.jpgS?ntis is a mountain in the Alpstein sub-range of the Appenzell Alps in Switzerland. It can be reached by aerial tramway from Schw?galp....
 peak in the Appenzell Alps
Appenzell Alps

The Appenzell Alps are a mountain range in Switzerland on the northern edge of the Alps. They extend into the cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden and St....
 is one of the main attractions of the canton.

There are three small mountain lakes in the canton: Seealpsee
Seealpsee

Seealpsee is a lake in the Alpstein range of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland. At an elevation of 1,143.2 m, the surface area is 1 E5 m2....
, Sämtisersee
Sämtisersee

S?mtisersee is a lake in the Alpstein range of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland. At an elevation of 1209 m, the surface area is 1 E5 m2. It is located below Hoher Kasten not far from F?lensee....
 and Fälensee
Fälensee

F?lensee is a lake in the Alpstein range of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland. At an elevation of 1446 m, the surface area is 1 E5 m2....
.

It is common for cars rented in Switzerland to be registered in Appenzell Innerrhoden, and thus having license plates starting with "AI", because of the reduced tax on automobiles in this canton.

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