Wald, Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Wald () is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland.

Geography

thumb|left|Watercolor of Wald during the 19th Century

thumb|left|Panoramic view of the municipality of Wald over the village Rehetobel. In the upper right corner of the picture is Gupf mountain.

thumb|Aerial view from 1800 m by [[Walter Mittelholzer (1927)]]

Wald has an area, , of . Of this area, 66% is used for agricultural purposes, while 28.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -6.3%. Most of the population () speaks German (93.6%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (2.3%) and French being third (0.8%).

, the gender distribution of the population was 51.3% male and 48.7% female.

In the 2007 federal election the FDP received 65.3% of the vote.