| City of Bad Gandersheim |
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| General |
District
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Special
location features¹ | | State-recognised health resort/spa, Gandersheimer Domfestspiele ((Gandersheim Cathedral Festival - open-air music and arts festival), Portal zur Geschichte (cultural and historical portal for the town and region) |
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Business sites,
real estates | | Business sites: | 2 |
View | | | Real estates: | on request | | | |
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| Population |
Population²
| | | | | | | | | | Inhabitants: | 10,572 | | 5,551 |
(52.5 %)
| | 5,021 |
(47.5 %)
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Age structure: |  | |
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Population density²
| | Inhabitants/km²: | 116.8 | |
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| Infrastructure |
| Educational institutions² | | Elementary schools: | 2 | | Secondary schools: | 1 | | Secondary modern schools: | 2 | | Grammar schools: | 6
(District of Northeim)
| | Special schools: | 6
(District of Northeim)
| | Vocational schools: | 5
(District of Northeim)
| | Other educational
facilities¹:
| 1 elementary school
1 school centre (secondary school + school for children with learning disabilities) | |
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| Health care¹ | | General practitioners: | 9 | | Dentists: | 6 | | Medical specialists: | 10 | | Hospitals: | 1
(110 total beds)
| | Other medical health
facilities:
| 4 clinics with 645 beds altogether | |
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| Leisure/culture/sport¹ | Leisure
facilities:
| Cinema
Camping site
Caravan and mobile home camping ground
Basketball/boccia
10 soccer areas (kickabout areas)
1 bicycle rental
Round-trip flights from the sport airfield
Minigolf course
Youth centre facility
2 riding halls
Skater complex | | Cultural
facilities:
| Gandersheimer Domfestspiele (Gandersheim Cathedral Festival)
Portal zur Geschichte (cultural and historical portal for the town and region)
Brunschausen Cultural Centre
Museum | | Sport
facilities:
| 5 sports halls
5 sports fields
1 tennis court
Sport fishing
2 fitness studios
Football (kickabout) area
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| Transport¹ | | | | | | | | Motorway | A7 | | 10 km | | | Trunk road / A-road | B 64 | | 0 km | | | Trunk road / A-road | B 445 | | 0 km | | | International airport | Frankfurt | | 300 km | | | International airport | Hannover | | 90 km | | | Regional airport | Paderborn | | 200 km | | | Regional airport | Kassel-Calden | | 105 km | | | Rail station | Bad Gandersheim | | 0 km | | | Local public transport station | Bad Gandersheim | | 0 km | | | Seaport | Hamburg | | 240 km | | | Inland port | Hildesheim | | 45 km | | | | |
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| Economics |
Economic strength²  | | | | | | | Gross domestic product 2007:
| 20,466 | 69 % | | Buying power level 2002:
| 16,300 | - | | | | | | | | | Gross value added 2007 | | - Production sector: | 49,927 | 77 % | | - Service sector: | 45,075 | 87 % | | | | | | | | Net revenue from local business tax 2008:
| 97.63 | 31 % | | Municipal share of income tax 2008:
| 266.46 | 93 % | | |
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Employment²
| | | | | | | | | | | Employed persons: | 3,322 | 1,871 |
(56.3 %)
| 1,451 |
(43.7 %)
| | Change over previous year: | +4 |
(+0.1 %)
| | | Employment rate: | 49.6 | % | |
Employed persons acc. to
economic sectors: |  | | | | | | | | Commuters: | 1,860 | 1,567 | +293 | | | |
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| Unemployment³ | |
Major
companies¹ | |
| Collection rates¹ | | Local business tax: | 390 % | | | Local property tax A: | 370 % | | | Local property tax B: | 410 % | | |
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| Business promotion schemes¹ | Bad Gandersheim is a priority assisted region within the framework of the federal/state Joint Task (Gemeinschaftsaufgabe or GA) for the "improvement of the regional economic structure". It offers funding rates between 18% and 35%.
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- State Statistical Office of Lower Saxony, State Statistical Office of Bremen 
