| District of Wesermarsch |
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| General |
| Administration¹ | |
Towns and municipalities
in the district
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Special
location features¹ | | Future-oriented investment location within the catchment area of the major regional centres Bremen, Bremerhaven, Oldenburg and Wilhelmshaven, River Weser Tunnel (see transport infrastructure) |
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Business sites,
real estates | | Business sites: | 21 |
View | | | Real estates: | 23 |
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| Population |
Population²
| | | | | | | | | | Inhabitants: | 90,772 | | 45,512 |
(50.1 %)
| | 45,260 |
(49.9 %)
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Age structure: |  | |
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Population density²
| | Inhabitants/km²: | 110.4 | |
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| Infrastructure |
| Educational institutions² | | Elementary schools: | 33 | | Secondary schools: | 9 | | Secondary modern schools: | 9 | | Grammar schools: | 5 | | Special schools: | 3 | | Vocational schools: | 1 | | Other educational
facilities¹:
| Wesermarsch district adult education centre, Oldenburg University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule), Department of Maritime Navigation in Elsfleth, Maritime Competence Centre in Elsfleth, maritime training, vocational schools (BBS) in Brake and Nordenham | |
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| Health care¹ | | General practitioners: | 48 | | Dentists: | 39 | | Medical specialists: | 65 | | Hospitals: | 2 | | Other medical health
facilities:
| St. Bernhard Hospital in Brake and Wesermarsch Clinic in Nordenham | |
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| Leisure/culture/sport¹ | Leisure
facilities:
| See the district's cities and municipalities: outstanding network of cycle routes, Spielescheune ("Play Barn") in Burhave, Jaderberg Zoo, traditional shipping on the Unterweser, Shipping Museum of the Oldenburg Weser Harbours in Brake | | Cultural
facilities:
| See the district's cities and municipalities | | Sport
facilities:
| See the district's cities and municipalities: in particular water sports, marinas along the River Weser and the North Sea coastline, inliner courses, cycling, riding | | |
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| Transport¹ | Comment on the
transport infrastructure:
| Motorways: A 27, A 28, A 29, Weser Tunnel: link with the A 27 since January 2004, federal trunk roads: B 74, B 211, B 212, B 437, railway: passenger and freight transport Nordenham - Bremen, seaport and inland harbours: Brake, Nordenham, inland harbour: Elsfleth, airport: Bremen Airport | | |
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| Economics |
Economic strength²  | | | | | | | Gross domestic product 2009:
| 30,653 | 105 % | | | | | | | | | Gross value added 2009 | | - Production sector: | 97,630 | 172 % | | - Service sector: | 48,802 | 92 % | | | | | | | | Net revenue from local business tax 2010:
| 596.58 | 203 % | | Municipal share of income tax 2010:
| 235.14 | 92 % | | |
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Employment³
| | | | | | | | | | | Employed persons: | 25,531 | 8,905 |
(34.9 %)
| 16,626 |
(65.1 %)
| | Change over previous year: | +87 |
(+0.3 %)
| | | Employment rate: | 53.8 | % | |
Employed persons acc. to
economic sectors: |  | | | | | | | | Commuters: | 13,588 | 17,472 | -3,884 | | | |
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| Unemployment³ | |
Major
companies¹ | |
| Business promotion schemes¹ | Promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): SMEs receive financial assistance in the District of Wesermarsch.
GA Assisted Region funding: investment grants are available within the framework of the federal/state Joint Task (Gemeinschaftsaufgabe or GA) "For the Improvement of the Regional Economic Structure", EU Objective 2 Assisted Region (exception: residential areas in Brake and Nordenha), Wesermarsch EU office | | | Link to promotion info: | Selection of the major promotion and funding programmes 
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Business promotion
agencies¹ | | | Street address: | Wirtschaftsförderung Wesermarsch GmbH
Poggenburger Str. 7
26919 Brake |  | | Telephone: | 04401 - 996 900 | | Fax: | 04401 - 996 920 | | E-mail: | info@wesermarsch.de | | Homepage: | http://www.wesermarsch.de | | | Contact: | Mr. Stefan Ach | | Telephone: | 04401 - 996 909 | | | | | |
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