Rehetobel

Rehetobel is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland.

It consists of the village of Rehetobel and several hamlets and scattered farm houses.

On average the village enjoys the longest hours of sunshine in Switzerland.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (97.1%), with Spanish being second most common ( 0.6%) and Portuguese being third ( 0.4%).

[6] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Rehetobel is; 141 people or 8.1% of the population are between 0–6 years old.

[3] The historical population is given in the following table:[4][6] There are approximately 700 working places in the village.

Trade and industry make up 40%, agriculture 9%, and the service sector employs 51%.

Aerial view from 200 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1923)