Gais

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Gais is a village and a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. The area of Gais is 21.21 km2 (8.19 sq mi).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in Appenzell Ausserrhoden

• Montanuy / Montanui
  545.5 mi away · pop. 36
• Sesué
  550.2 mi away · pop. 105
• Villanova
  550.8 mi away · pop. 149
• La Puebla de Roda
  558.7 mi away · pop. 92
• Puente de Montañana
  560.1 mi away · pop. 60
• Perarrúa
  567.7 mi away · pop. 63
• Palo
  569.3 mi away · pop. 31
• Sallent de Gállego
  572.7 mi away · pop. 790
• Abizanda
  574.7 mi away · pop. 89
• Yésero
  575.8 mi away · pop. 60
• Canfranc-Estación
  581 mi away · pop. 540
• Yebra de Basa
  582.7 mi away · pop. 116

Browse all places in Appenzell Ausserrhoden →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Gais

Lebensverhältnisse in einem frühen schweizerischen Industriegebiet

Hanspeter Ruesch · 1979

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

wild teasel

Dipsacus fullonum

Seen 2026-09-20

Autumn Crocus

Colchicum autumnale

Seen 2026-09-20

Sweetbread Mushroom

Clitopilus prunulus

Seen 2026-09-20

Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Seen 2026-09-20

Golden Conecap

Conocybe aurea

Seen 2026-09-20

Southern Hawker

Aeshna cyanea

Seen 2026-09-20

Alpine Toadflax

Linaria alpina

Seen 2026-09-20

Monk's-hood

Aconitum napellus

Seen 2026-09-20

Alpine Ibex

Capra ibex

Seen 2026-09-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers