Rüte District was a district in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland.
History
Rüte is first mentioned around 1420-21 as Rütiner rod.
The coat of arms shows a golden crown on a black background. From the crown a swan's neck with a red beak emerges. This is a modified version of the coat of arms of the Schönenbühl family who were the landlords of the abbey in St. Gallen in the 13th century. The family formerly resided in a castle in Rüte.
Demographics
thumb|Appenzell farmhouse on the Gaiserstrasse between Gais and Appenzell.
thumb|Appenzell farmhouse on the Gaiserstrasse between Gais and Appenzell.
Rüte has a population () of . , 4.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 11.4%. It has changed at a rate of 5.4% due to migration and at a rate of 0.1% due to births and deaths.
Most of the population () speaks German (2,841 or 97.5%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (19 or 0.7%) and Italian being third (10 or 0.3%). There are 3 people who speak French and 3 people who speak Romansh.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.58 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.59 per room. About 63.8% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 1,014 private households in the district, and an average of 2.9 persons per household.
there were 1,124 apartments in the district. The most common apartment size was 5 rooms of which there were 271. There were 19 single room apartments and 614 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 978 apartments (87.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 104 apartments (9.3%) were seasonally occupied and 42 apartments (3.7%) were empty.
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Heritage sites of national significance
The Alte Bleiche on Bleichestrasse 8, the Altwasser-Höhle (a late Paleolithic shelter) and the Farm House at Blumenau are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the CVP received 84.1% of the vote. In the federal election, a total of 474 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 21.4%.
Economy
, Rüte had an unemployment rate of 0%. , there were 276 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 127 businesses involved in this sector. 236 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 38 businesses in this sector. 313 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 78 businesses in this sector.
, there were 206 workers who commuted into the district and 965 workers who commuted away. The district is a net exporter of workers, with about 4.7 workers leaving the district for every one entering. Of the working population, 5.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 54.3% used a private car.