Location
Profile
City of Nordenham
General
Administration¹
Street address: Stadt Nordenham
Walther-Rathenau-Straße 25
26954 Nordenham
Postal address:  Postfach 1553 / 54
26945 Nordenham
Telephone: 04731/ 84 0
Fax: 04731/ 84 349
E-mail: stadt@nordenham.de
Homepage: http://www.nordenham.de 
District 
(location profile)
District of Wesermarsch
Special
location features¹
Industrial and seaport town as future-oriented location for business investment. Local urban centre of intermediate rank within the catchment area of the major regional centres of Bremerhaven, Oldenburg and Wilhelmshaven. Nordenham has a high residential and recreational value.
Nordenham is for the most part an assisted area within the EU Objective 2 funding programme. Business settlements in the innercity area can be subsidised by the City Promotion Programme.

Business sites, 
real estates
Business sites: 3   View
Real estates: 10   View
Population
Population²
As of: 31.12.2010
TotalFemaleMale
Inhabitants: 26,826   13,594  (50.7 %)    13,232  (49.3 %)

Age structure:
Age structure
Population density²
As of: 31.12.2010
Inhabitants/km²: 307.6
Infrastructure
Educational institutions²
Elementary schools: 10
Secondary schools: 2
Secondary modern schools: 2
Grammar schools: 5 (District of Wesermarsch)
Special schools: 3 (District of Wesermarsch)
Vocational schools: 1 (District of Wesermarsch)
Other educational 
facilities¹:
Wesermarsch district school of adult education, BBS vocational school, DAA Deutsche Angestellten Akademie (further education), BNW Bildungswerk der Niedersächsischen Wirtschaft (training centre operated by Lower Saxony industries), Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences directly situated on the other side of the river Weser.
Health care¹ 
General practitioners: 9
Dentists: 13
Medical specialists: 47
Hospitals: 1 (137 total beds)
Other medical health 
facilities:
The Wesermarsch Clinic (Wesermarsch-Klinik Nordenham GmbH) includes a permanent emergency outpatient department/day ward, general and accident surgery, urology, gynaecology and obstretics, internal medicine, anaesthetics and intensive care medicine, as well as other departments.
Leisure/culture/sport¹ 
Leisure 
facilities:
There is a lively range of club and society activities to choose from in Nordenham - over 120 such clubs exist with sporting, cultural and social orientations.
Practically all forms of sport can be prcatised locally. Owing to the location on the River Weser, water sports play a major role.
Cultural 
facilities:
The Jahnhalle leisure and culture centre offers
cabaret, varieté, rock and pop music.
The Friedeburg civic hall offers facilities for theatre productions, symphony concerts, rock concerts, balls, conventions and trade exhibitions.
Sport 
facilities:
The city runs 3 sports centres each with 2 sports grounds and one large-scale sports hall. It also runs an open-air swimming pool and the 'North' indoor swimming baths. In addition, there are gymnasia and sports fields in every district.
The municipal sports sites are used for school sports and placed at the disposal of the sports clubs for their activities free of charge.
The clubs themselves have various facilities such as several shooting ranges, a gliding field, a sport boat harbour, fitness centres and tennis courts.
Living space¹ 
Price of residential building land: 28.00 - 82.00 €/m²
Transport¹ 
TypeDesignationDistance
MotorwayA 27   15 km
MotorwayA 29   40 km
Trunk road / A-roadB 212   0 km
Trunk road / A-roadB 437   0 km
Trunk road / A-roadB 211   16 km
International airportBremen   70 km
Regional airportBremerhaven   24 km
Rail stationNordenham   0 km
Freight traffic centreBremen   65 km
SeaportNordenham   0 km
Inland portNordenham   0 km
Comment on the
transport infrastructure: 
Seaport and inland harbour directly situated on the River Weser, the B 212 federal trunk road runs through the city precincts, access to the A 27 motorway via the B 437 and the Weser Tunnel
Economics
Economic strength² Notes on the location indicators
€ per inhabitant
(District of Wesermarsch)
    National comparison
(Germany=100 %)
Gross domestic product 2009: 30,653105 %
€ per employed person
(District of Wesermarsch)
    National comparison
(Germany=100 %)
Gross value added 2009
   - Production sector:97,630172 %
   - Service sector:48,80292 %
€ per inhabitant
(City of Nordenham)
    State comparison
 (State=100 %)
Net revenue from local business tax 2010: 347.67119 %
Municipal share of income tax 2010: 240.5694 %
Employment³ Notes on the location indicators
As of: 30.06.2010
TotalFemaleMale
Employed persons: 8,7642,953  (33.7 %) 5,811  (66.3 %)
Change over previous year:+44  (+0.5 %)
Employment rate:53.9 %

Employed persons acc. to
economic sectors:
Economic sectors
In-commutersOut-commutersBalance
Commuters:3,0012,829+172
Unemployment³ Notes on the location indicators
Number of unemployed
Unemployment rate
Major
companies¹ 
Company: Premium Aerotec GmbH
Branch(es): Aircraft construction
Link: http://www.premium-aerotec.com 
Company: Rhenus Midgard GmbH & Co. KG
Branch(es): Private seaport with public character
Link: http://www.rhenus-midgard.de 
Company: Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH
Branch(es): Information, submarine, buried and overland cables
Link: http://www.nsw.com 
Company: nkt cables GmbH
Branch(es): Cable fittings
Link: http://www.nktcables.com 
Company: Moeller Schutzschalter GmbH
Branch(es): Circuit breaker/protective switch production
Link: http://www.moeller.net 
Company: ATB Motorentechnik GmbH
Branch(es): Explosion-protected AC and DC motors
Link: http://www.atb-motors.com 
Company: Xstrata Zink GmbH
Branch(es): Zinc smelting by electrolytic means
Link: http://www.xstrata.com 
Company: Weser Metall GmbH
Branch(es): Primary lead smelting
Link: http://www.recylex.de 
Company: Kronos Titan GmbH
Branch(es): Chemicals industry
Link: http://www.Kronostio2.com 
Collection rates¹ Notes on the collection rates
Local business tax: 410 %
Local property tax A: 420 %
Local property tax B: 420 %
Business promotion schemes¹ 
Nordenham Business Promotion Programme:
- City Promotion Programme (City-Förderprogramm)
- City Construction Promotion Programme (City-Bau-Förderprogramm)

Redevelopment Programme City-South (Sanierungsprogramm City-Süd)

Promotion and funding for small and medium-sized enterprises in the District of Wesermarsch
Link to promotion info: Nordenham Business Promotion and Redevelopment Programmes 
http://www.nordenham.de/index.php?option=com_content...id=1
Business promotion 
agencies¹
Street address: Stadt Nordenham
Walther-Rathenau-Straße 25
26954 Nordenham
Postal address:  Postfach 1553 / 54
26945 Nordenham
Telephone: 04731/ 84 0
Fax: 04731/ 84 349
E-mail: stadt@nordenham.de
Homepage: http://www.nordenham.de 
Contact: Ms. Christine Völker
Telephone: 04731 84282
Fax: 04731 84343
E-mail: christine.voelker@nordenham.de

Sources: ¹ KomSIS - Kommunales Standort-Informations-System Niedersachsen (As of: 14.11.2011)
² LSKN  - State Statistical Office of Lower Saxony,
  State Statistical Office of Bremen  (As of: date specified)
³ Statistics from the German Federal Employment Agency  (As of: date specified), Note on Data Use