| District of Northeim |
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| General |
| Administration¹ | |
Towns and municipalities
in the district
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Special
location features¹ | | The District of Northeim lies in the south of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) and therefore in the heart of the Germany and centrally located in Europe. The district territory extends from the River Weser in the west to the Harz mountain foothills in the east. The District of Northeim has a total area of 1,226 km². |
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Business sites,
real estates | | Business sites: | 16 |
View | | | Real estates: | 8 |
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| Population |
Population²
| | | | | | | | | | Inhabitants: | 139,060 | | 71,002 |
(51.1 %)
| | 68,058 |
(48.9 %)
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Age structure: |  | |
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Population density²
| | Inhabitants/km²: | 109.7 | |
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| Infrastructure |
| Educational institutions² | | Elementary schools: | 34 | | Secondary schools: | 11 | | Secondary modern schools: | 11 | | Grammar schools: | 6 | | Special schools: | 6 | | Vocational schools: | 5 | |
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| Health care¹ | | General practitioners: | 62 | | Dentists: | 73 | | Medical specialists: | 120 | | Hospitals: | 3
(529 total beds)
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| Transport¹ | Comment on the
transport infrastructure:
| The District of Northeim is easy to reach. By rail or by car. The Lower Saxony federal state capital of Hannover is around 90 kilometres away. The university city of Göttingen is 20 km away. The rail station sin Northeim and Kreiensen are hubs of north-south and east-west traffic. The nearest ICE stop is Göttingen. The district has four access points to the A 7 Hannover-Kassel motorway. | | |
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| Economics |
Economic strength²  | | | | | | | Gross domestic product 2009:
| 20,613 | 70 % | | | | | | | | | Gross value added 2009 | | - Production sector: | 46,616 | 82 % | | - Service sector: | 46,582 | 88 % | | | | | | | | Net revenue from local business tax 2010:
| 173.36 | 59 % | | Municipal share of income tax 2010:
| 240.45 | 94 % | | |
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Employment³
| | | | | | | | | | | Employed persons: | 39,115 | 17,847 |
(45.6 %)
| 21,268 |
(54.4 %)
| | Change over previous year: | +592 |
(+1.5 %)
| | | Employment rate: | 54.5 | % | |
Employed persons acc. to
economic sectors: |  | | | | | | | | Commuters: | 21,324 | 27,786 | -6,462 | | | |
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| Unemployment³ | |
Major
companies¹ | |
| Business promotion schemes¹ | | The District of Northeim is an Objective-2 Assistance Region. Companies can take advantage of promotion measures available from the NBank to an extensive extent. Examples are the business promotion scheme for small and medium-sized enterprises in the District of Northeim and the so-called Einzelbetriebliche Investitionsförderung (single-firm investment promotion) as part of the GRW funding ("joint task for the improvement of the regional economic structure"). | | | Link to promotion info: | Business Promotion Unit 
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Business promotion
agencies¹ | |
