| City of Emden |
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| General |
| Administration¹ | | Street address: | Stadt Emden Ringstraße 38b 26721 Emden |  | | Postal address: |
Postfach
2254 26702 Emden |  | | Telephone: | 04921/ 87-1558 | | Fax: | 04921/ 87-1345 | | E-mail: | kruse@emden.de | | Homepage: | http://www.emden.de  |  | | Contact: | Mr. Kruse | | Telephone: | 04921/87-1588 | | E-mail: | kruse@emden.de | | Mr. van Ellen | | Telephone: | 04921/87-1378 | | Cell/mobile: | 0171/7876056 | | Fax: | 04921/87-101378 | | E-mail: | vanellen@emden.de | |  |  |
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Business sites, real estates | | Business sites: | 9 |
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| Population |
Population²
| | | | | | | | | | Inhabitants: | 51,616 | | 25,952 |
(50.3 %)
| | 25,664 |
(49.7 %)
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Population density²
| | Inhabitants/km²: | 459.4 |  |
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| Infrastructure |
| Educational institutions² | | Elementary schools: | 11 | | Secondary schools: | 4 | | Secondary modern schools: | 3 | | Grammar schools: | 2 | | Special schools: | 2 | | Vocational schools: | 2 |  | Other educational facilities¹:
| University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer (http://www.fh-oow.de)
Adult education college (http://www.vhs-emden.de)
Schools in overview (http://www.emden.de/buergerinfo/aemter/schule/adressen.htm) |  |
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| Health care¹ | | General practitioners: | 21 | | Dentists: | 24 | | Medical specialists: | 68 | | Hospitals: | 1
(300 total beds)
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| Leisure/culture/sport¹ | Leisure facilities:
| Harbour, canal and gracht (urban canal) excursions
Sailing tours
Feuerschiff Museum ("lightship" or "swimming lighthouse")
|  | Cultural facilities:
| Emden Art Gallery (http://www.kunsthalle-emden.de)
Johannes á Lasco Library (http://www.jalb.de)
Feuerschiff "Amrumbank" ("lightship" or "swimming lighthouse" museum)
Lifeguard ship "Georg Breusing"
Herring trawler museum "AE7 Stadt Emden"
Otto-Huus (house of the well-known German comedian Otto Waalkes)
Bunkermuseum (former air raid shelter) (http://www.bunkermuseum.de)
East Frsisian Regional Museum (http://www.landesmuseum-emden.de) |  |  |
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| Transport¹ | | | | | | | | Motorway | A 28 | | 1 km | | | Trunk road / A-road | B 210 | | 1 km | | | International airport | Bremen | | 130 km | | | Regional airport | Emden | | 1 km | | |  |  |
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| Economics |
Economic strength²  | | | | | | | Gross domestic product 2009:
| 38,073 | 130 % | |  | | | | | | | Gross value added 2009 | | - Production sector: | 45,664 | 81 % | | - Service sector: | 48,661 | 92 % | |  | | | | | | Net revenue from local business tax 2010:
| 622.17 | 130 % | | Municipal share of income tax 2010:
| 210.69 | 77 % | |  |
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Employment³ 
| | | | | | | | | | | Employed persons: | 29,072 | 8,288 |
(28.5 %)
| 20,784 |
(71.5 %)
| | Change over previous year: | +880 |
(+3.1 %)
| | | Employment rate: | 46.7 | % | | Employed persons acc. to economic sectors: |  |  | | | | | | | Commuters: | 17,401 | 3,367 | +14,034 | | |  |
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Unemployment³  | |
Major companies¹ | |
Collection rates¹  | | Local business tax: | 420 % | | | Local property tax A: | 320 % | | | Local property tax B: | 440 % | |  |
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| Business promotion schemes¹ | |