What is Rüte?
{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Rüte District | image_skyline = 2004-Bruelisau.jpg | native_name = Bezirk Rüte | settlement_type = Former district | image_shield = Rüte-blazon.svg | image_map = Karte Gemeinde Rüte 2007.png | subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{CHE}} | subdivision_type2 = [[Cantons of Switzerland|Canton]] | subdivision_name2 = {{Flag|Appenzell Innerrhoden}} | subdivision_type3 = Capital | subdivision_name3 = [[Appenzell (town)]] | area_total_km2 = 40.9 | area_footnotes = | elevation_m = 799 | population_as_of ={{Swiss populations YM|CH-AI}} | population_total = {{Swiss populations NC|CH-AI|3103}} | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset_DST = +2 | blank_name_sec1 = Municipalities | blank_info_sec1 = Appenzell Innerrhoden has no municipalities | coordinates = {{coord|47|19|N|9|26|E|region:CH|display=inline,title}} | postal_code_type = [[Postal code (Switzerland)|Postal code]] | postal_code = 9050 | area_code_type = [[Community Identification Number#Switzerland|SFOS number]] | area_code = 3103 | website = http://www.ruete.ch }} '''Rüte District''' was a [[Districts of Switzerland|district]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Appenzell Innerrhoden]] in [[Switzerland]]. On 1 May 2022, the former districts of Rüte and [[Schwende District|Schwende]] merged to form the new district of [[Schwende-Rüte]]. {{Commonscat}} {{DEFAULTSO