Schlatt-Haslen

Slatte either refers to hollow or slope, to the local dialect word schlatt which means hitting. The name of the village Haslen goes back to Haslowe which means a pasture with hazelnut trees. ==History==

Schlatt is first mentioned in 1200 as Slatte. In the 13th century, Haslen was mentioned as Haslowe. ==Geography==

(1923) Schlatt-Haslen has an area, , of . Of this area, 64.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 30.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.6% is unproductive land. The district runs between the Hundwiler Höhe and Rotbach mountains. It consists of the village of Haslen and the hamlets of Schlatt and Enggenhütten and numerous individual farm houses. Since 1877 the nunnery at Wonnenstein, near Teufen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, has been an exclave of the distinct. ==Coat of arms==

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or a Halberd Argent handled of the first on a Bend Gules. The coat of arms shows a silver halberd with a golden handle. The halberd is placed on a red diagonal beam, itself placed on a golden background. It is not clear why this hitting weapon is included in the coat of arms, but the name of the village is thought to go back to the word hitting. ==Demographics==

Schlatt-Haslen has a population () of . , 3.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -6.3%. It has changed at a rate of -5.2% due to migration and at a rate of -0.2% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks German (1,115 or 97.3%), with Albanian being second most common (13 or 1.1%) and Turkish being third (6 or 0.5%). There are 5 people who speak French. the average number of residents per living room was 0.66 which is more people per room than the cantonal average of 0.59 per room. About 70.3% 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 356 private households in the district, and an average of 3.2 persons per household. there were 407 apartments in the district. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 111. There were 8 single room apartments and 215 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 344 apartments (84.5% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 50 apartments (12.3%) were seasonally occupied and 13 apartments (3.2%) were empty. Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:960 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:1500 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:300 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:60 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:45 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1880 from:start till:1417 text:"1,417" bar:1888 from:start till:1314 text:"1,314" bar:1900 from:start till:1383 text:"1,383" bar:1910 from:start till:1441 text:"1,441" bar:1920 from:start till:1454 text:"1,454" bar:1930 from:start till:1381 text:"1,381" bar:1941 from:start till:1354 text:"1,354" bar:1950 from:start till:1329 text:"1,329" bar:1960 from:start till:1174 text:"1,174" bar:1970 from:start till:1162 text:"1,162" bar:1980 from:start till:1129 text:"1,129" bar:1990 from:start till:1197 text:"1,197" bar:2000 from:start till:1146 text:"1,146" ==Heritage sites of national significance==

The Farm House Ulrichlis is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance. The entire village of Schlatt is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites. ==Politics==

In the 2007 federal election the CVP received 83.02% of the vote. In the federal election, a total of 176 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 21.2%. ==Economy==

, Schlatt-Haslen had an unemployment rate of 0%. , there were 239 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 113 businesses involved in this sector. 54 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 14 businesses in this sector. 62 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 24 businesses in this sector. , there were 40 workers who commuted into the district and 306 workers who commuted away. The district is a net exporter of workers, with about 7.7 workers leaving the district for every one entering. Of the working population, 6.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 47% used a private car. ==Religion==

From the , 1,005 or 87.7% were Roman Catholic, while 68 or 5.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 3 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.26% of the population), and there were 8 individuals (or about 0.70% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 24 (or about 2.09% of the population) who were Islamic. 26 (or about 2.27% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 12 individuals (or about 1.05% of the population) did not answer the question. ==Education==

In Schlatt-Haslen about 319 or (27.8%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 44 or (3.8%) have completed additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule). Of the 44 who completed tertiary schooling, 77.3% were Swiss men, 15.9% were Swiss women. , there was one student in Schlatt-Haslen who came from another district, while 123 residents attended schools outside the district. ==References==