What is Gais?
{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Gais | image_photo = Blick auf Gais AR.jpg | image_caption = A view of Gais | municipality_name = Gais | municipality_type = municipality | imagepath_coa = CHE Gais COA.svg|pixel_coa= | map = | languages = German | canton = Appenzell Ausserrhoden | iso-code-region = CH-AR | district = n.a. |coordinates = {{coord|47|21|N|9|27|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 9056 | municipality_code = 3022 | area = 21.21 | elevation = 915|elevation_description= Church | population = 3089 | populationof = December 2014 | popofyear = 2014 | website = www.gais.ch | mayor = Ernst Koller|mayor_asof=2016|mayor_party=FDP | mayor_title = Gemeindepräsident |list_of_mayors = | places = Gais, Rotenwies, Rietli, Zwislen, Schachen, Stoss, Strahlholz, Steinleuten, Gäbris, Kürstein, Schwäbrig, Sommersberg, Hirschberg | demonym = {{lang-de|Gaiser(in)}} | neighboring_municipalities= [[Altstätten]] (SG), [[Appenzell]] (AI), [[Bühler]] (AR), [[Eichberg, St. Gallen|Eichberg]] (SG), [[Rüte]] (AI), [[Schlatt-Haslen]] (AI), [[Trogen]] (AR) | twintowns = }} '''Gais''' ({{IPA-de|ˈɡaɪs}}) is a village and a [[municipality]] of the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Appenzell Ausserrhoden]] in [[Switzerland]]. The main sights are: the Protestant church of 1782, the former spa hotel ''Neuer Ochsen'' of 1796 and the ''Krone'' inn of 1781. In 1977, Gais received the [[Wakker Prize]] for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage.<ref>[http://www.heimatschutz.ch/index.php?id=1041&L=0 Swiss Heritage Society-Wakker Prize] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706233845/http://www.heimatschutz.ch/index.php?id=1041&L=0 |date=2011-07-06 }}{{in lang|de}}</ref> == Villages == Gais, Rotenwies, Rietli, Zwislen, Schachen, Stoss, Strahlholz, Steinleuten, Gäbris, Kürstein, Schwä