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{{Infobox Swiss town
| subject_name		= Grub
| municipality_type	= municipality
| image_photo          = Grub AR Haus.jpeg
| imagepath_coa	= CHE Grub AR COA.svg|pixel_coa=
| canton		= Appenzell Ausserrhoden
| iso-code-region 	= CH-AR
| district		= n.a.
|coordinates = {{coord|47|27|N|9|30|E|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code		= 9035
| municipality_code	= 3031
| area			= 4.26
| elevation		= 813|elevation_description=
| population		= 1014 |populationof = December 2008 | popofyear = 2008
| website		= www.grub.ch
| mayor		= |mayor_asof=|mayor_party=
| mayor_title	= |list_of_mayors	=
| places		=
| demonym		=
| neighboring_municipalities= [[Eggersriet]] (SG), [[Heiden, Switzerland|Heiden]], [[Rehetobel]]
| twintowns		=
|}}
'''Grub AR''' is a [[municipalities of Switzerland|municipality]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Appenzell Ausserrhoden]] in [[Switzerland]].
==History==
[[File:ETH-BIB-Grub (AR), Grub (SG), Rorschacherberg aus 300 m-Inlandflüge-LBS MH01-003468.tif|thumb|Aerial view from 300&nbsp;m by [[Walter Mittelholzer]] (1923)]]
Grub is first mentioned in 1488 as ''uss der Gruob.''<ref name=HDS/>
==Geography==
[[Image:Grub AR ref Kirche.jpeg|thumb|left|upright|Protestant church in Grub AR]]
Grub has an area, {{as of|2006|lc=on}}, of {{convert|4.2|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}.  Of this area, 53.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.1% is forested.  Of the rest of the land, 12.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).<ref name=SFSO/>
The municipality is located in the former District of Vorderland. It consists of the village of Grub and scattered [[hamlet (place)|hamlets]] and individual farm houses.  The [[protestant]] municipality of Grub AR is separated by a creek from the [[Catholic]] Grub SG (now part of the municipality of [[Eggersriet]]) in the canton of [[St. Gallen (canton)|St. Gallen]].
==Demographics==
Grub has a population ({{as of|2008|lc=on}}) of 1,014, of which about 9.3% are foreign nationals.<ref name=Kurzstats>[http://www.ar.ch/appenzell-ausserrhoden/klein-aber-anschaulich/gemeindestatistik/?redirect_url=%2Fdepartemente%2Fdepartement-sicherheit-und-justiz%2Fmilitaer-und-bevoelkerungsschutz%2Fsonderstab-pandemieplanung%2Fsonderstab-pandem Brief Statistics for the half-canton] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612112140/http://www.ar.ch/appenzell-ausserrhoden/klein-aber-anschaulich/gemeindestatistik/?redirect_url=%2Fdepartemente%2Fdepartement-sicherheit-und-justiz%2Fmilitaer-und-bevoelkerungsschutz%2Fsonderstab-pandemieplanung%2Fsonderstab-pandem |date=2011-06-12 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 15 September 2009</ref>  Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -1.8%.  Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks German  (94.4%), with Spanish being second most common ( 1.0%) and Italian being third ( 0.5%).<ref name=SFSO>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105172441/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html |date=2016-01-05 }} accessed 15-Sep-2009</ref>
{{as of|2000}}, the gender distribution of the population was 48.9% male and 51.1% female.<ref name=AR/>  The age distribution, {{as of|2000|lc=on}}, in Grub is; 90 people or 8.7% of the population are between 0–6 years old.  163 people or 15.7% are 6-15, and 50 people or 4.8% are 16-19.  Of the adult population, 44 people or 4.2% of the population are between 20–24 years old.  283 people or 27.3% are 25-44, and 255 people or 24.6% are 45-64.  The senior population distribution is 112 people or 10.8% of the population are between 65–79 years old, and  41 people or 3.9% are over 80.<ref name=AR>[http://www.ar.ch/gemeinden/ Appenzell Outer Rhodes website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913070215/http://www.ar.ch/gemeinden/ |date=2009-09-13 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 15 September 2009</ref>
In the [[2007 Swiss federal election|2007 federal election]] the [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland|FDP]] received 68.3% of the vote.<ref name=SFSO/>
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated.  In Grub about 73.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory [[Education in Switzerland#Secondary|upper secondary education]] or additional higher education (either university or a ''[[Fachhochschule]]'').<ref name=SFSO/>
Grub has an unemployment rate of 1.54%.  {{as of|2005}}, there were 48 people employed in the [[Primary sector of the economy|primary economic sector]] and about 19 businesses involved in this sector.  85 people are employed in the [[Secondary sector of the economy|secondary sector]] and there are 15 businesses in this sector.  138 people are employed in the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]], with 30 businesses in this sector.<ref name=SFSO/>
The historical population is given in the following table:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|1305|Grub}}</ref><ref name="AR"/>
{{Historical populations
|align=left
| 1667
| 543
| 1734
|  890
| 1818
|  715
| 1850
|  967
| 1900
|  1017
| 1950
|  702
| 1970
|  623
| 1980
| 833
| 1990
| 1019
| 2000
| 1031
| 2005
| 1003
| 2007
| 1007
}}
==References==
{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}
{{commons category|Grub AR}}
==External links==
*[http://www.grub.ch Official Page] (German)
{{Municipalities of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden}}
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