| Municipality of Butjadingen |
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| General |
| Administration¹ | |
District
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Special
location features¹ | | Central location between the major regional centres of Wilhelmshaven and Bremerhaven, a peninsula with desirable residential qualities and high recreational value |
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Business sites,
real estates | | Business sites: | 1 |
View | | | Real estates: | 1 |
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| Population |
Population²
| | | | | | | | | | Inhabitants: | 6,251 | | 3,175 |
(50.8 %)
| | 3,076 |
(49.2 %)
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Age structure: |  | |
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Population density²
| | Inhabitants/km²: | 48.4 | |
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| Infrastructure |
| Educational institutions² | | Elementary schools: | 2 | | Secondary schools: | 1 | | Secondary modern schools: | 1 | | Grammar schools: | 5
(District of Wesermarsch)
| | Special schools: | 3
(District of Wesermarsch)
| | Vocational schools: | 1
(District of Wesermarsch)
| | Other educational
facilities¹:
| 2 elementary schools ("Dependable" - with an extended range of subjects offered in the first four years), 1 school centre with grammar school, secondary modern school and secondary school (privately run) | |
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| Health care¹ | | General practitioners: | 7 | | Dentists: | 2 | | Medical specialists: | 1 | | Other medical health
facilities:
| North Sea resorts of Burhave and Tossens spa facilities and thalassotherapy | |
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| Leisure/culture/sport¹ | Leisure
facilities:
| Play barn (giant slide, ballpool, climbing mountain), subtropical indoor adventure baths, beachside pools, network of cycle routs, bathing landscape in planning | | Cultural
facilities:
| National park house with museum, "Gezeiten" ("Tides") art and culture festival weeks, cultural programme in summer, medieval churches | | Sport
facilities:
| 5 sports halls, 6 sports grounds, 2 riding halls, tennis courts | | | Special amenities on offer: | Butjadingen spa and tourism 
| Spielscheune (play barn) Burhave
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| Living space¹ | |
| Transport¹ | | | | | | | | Motorway | A 27 | | 18 km | | | Motorway | A 29 | | 35 km | | | Trunk road / A-road | B 212 | | 10 km | | | Trunk road / A-road | B 437 | | 25 km | | | International airport | Bremen | | 77 km | | | Regional airport | Bremerhaven-Luneort | | 17 km | | | Rail station | Nordenham | | 15 km | | | Rail station | Bremerhaven | | 16 km | | | Rail station | Varel | | 33 km | | | Freight traffic centre | Bremen | | 76 km | | | Combined traffic terminal | Bremen | | 76 km | | | Seaport | Bremerhaven | | 14 km | | | Seaport | Wilhelmshaven | | 49 km | | | Seaport | Nordenham | | 15 km | | | Inland port | Brake | | 31 km | | | | Comment on the
transport infrastructure:
| Links to the Elbe-Weser region and the A 27 motorway via the Weser Tunnel near Nordenham; coastal motorway in planning; local public transport links through the Wesermarsch transport companies; Blexen-Bremerhaven car ferry | | | Special infrastructurer: | Rail and bus timetable information
| Wesermarsch transport companies
| Blexen-Bremerhaven car ferry
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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:
| 151.40 | 52 % | | Municipal share of income tax 2010:
| 205.75 | 80 % | | |
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Employment³
| | | | | | | | | | | Employed persons: | 999 | 560 |
(56.1 %)
| 439 |
(43.9 %)
| | Change over previous year: | +28 |
(+2.9 %)
| | | Employment rate: | 47.9 | % | |
Employed persons acc. to
economic sectors: |  | | | | | | | | Commuters: | 460 | 1,179 | -719 | | | |
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| Unemployment³ | |
Major
companies¹ | |
| Collection rates¹ | | Local business tax: | 370 % | | | Local property tax A: | 365 % | | | Local property tax B: | 380 % | | |
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| Business promotion schemes¹ | Assisted region within the federal/state Joint Task (Gemeinschaftsaufgabe or GA) for the "improvement of the regional economic structure" with federal, state and EU funding (Objective 2);
Business start-up counselling | | | Link to promotion info: | Wirtschaftförderung Wesermarsch GmbH
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