Schwende-Rüte

Municipality in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden · FSO no. 3112

Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.

The parcel data lists 3’345 parcels in Schwende-Rüte, covering 98.6 km². 65.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’364 m².

Parcels: 3’345; 36.7% of the canton

Total area: 98.6 km²

57.1% of the canton

Median area: 1’364 m²

Canton: 1’568 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share: 65.6%

Canton: 62.7%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built: -

Canton: 1965

Switzerland: 1976

About Schwende-Rüte

Schwende-Rüte has the most parcels of the 5 municipalities in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden and holds 36.7% of the canton's parcels on 57.1% of its area. The median parcel in Schwende-Rüte measures 1’364 m², about the same as the canton median of 1’568 m². Schwende-Rüte is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 65.6% of its parcels have a building, against 62.7% across the canton.

The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone (32.3%), Landwirtschaftszone (31.9%) and Wald (15.5%). In total, Schwende-Rüte uses 14 zone designations.

According to the building register, Schwende-Rüte has 3’782 buildings with 3’152 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (74.7%). Non-residential buildings account for 41.3% of all buildings.

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 2’195 (65.6%)Unbuilt: 1’150 (34.4%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
Zone	Parcels	Area	Built
Wohnzone	1’079	0.85 km²	87.6%
Landwirtschaftszone	1’068	27.78 km²	69.7%
Wald	517	21.48 km²	10.3%
Wohn- und Gewerbezone	172	0.21 km²	90.7%
Sömmerungsgebietszone	126	39.82 km²	85.7%
Kernzone	115	0.10 km²	85.2%
Verkehrsfläche	115	0.54 km²	5.2%
Freihaltezone	43	0.11 km²	53.5%
Naturschutzzone	43	1.48 km²	58.1%
Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen	29	0.13 km²	69.0%
Gewässer	17	1.02 km²	11.8%
Gewerbe- und Industriezone	11	0.05 km²	81.8%
Other zones (2 labels)	10	5.06 km²	60.0%

Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.

Building stock

The building register lists 3’782 buildings with 3’152 dwellings here; 1’532 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings: 3’782
Dwellings: 3’152
Single-family houses: 1’532
Building volume: 7.9 million m³

Buildings by category

Residential2’050
Mixed use55
Non-residential1’562
Other115

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building

Before 19200
1920-19450
1946-19600
1961-19800
1981-20000
2001-20100
2011-20200
2021 and later0
Unknown year2’195

Maps and geodata for Schwende-Rüte

geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Schwende-Rüte. Its parcel map shows the parcels of the official cadastral survey with their area, their zone from the municipal zoning plan and their buildings, on swisstopo maps. Building zones, the property map and the geodata of each parcel open on the geopool map. The ÖREB extract of a parcel (public-law restrictions on landownership) is in lookup.

Building zones and density Schwende-Rütein room
ÖREB extract Schwende-Rütein lookup
Building age Schwende-Rütein roots
Building heights and headroom Schwende-Rütein roofs
Solar potential Schwende-Rütein soolar
Points of interest and accessibility Schwende-Rütein scoore
Tax rates Schwende-Rütein taxoo

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