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District of Vechta
General
Administration¹
Street address: Landkreis Vechta
Ravensberger Straße 20
49377 Vechta
Telephone: 04441/898-0
Fax: 04441/898-1037
E-mail: wirtschaft@landkreis-vechta.de
Homepage: http://www.landkreis-vechta.de 
Contact: Ms. Ulrike Meyer
Telephone: 04441/898-2610
Fax: 04441/898-1037
E-mail: 2610@landkreis-vechta.de
Towns and municipalities
in the district

(Location profiles)
Municipality of Bakum
City of Damme
City of Dinklage
Municipality of Goldenstedt
Municipality of Holdorf
   City of Lohne (Oldenburg)
Municipality of Neuenkirchen-Vörden
Municipality of Steinfeld (Oldenburg)
City of Vechta
Municipality of Visbek
Business sites, 
real estates
Business sites: 36   View
Real estates: on request
Population
Population²
As of: 31.12.2009
TotalFemaleMale
Inhabitants: 134,838   67,404  (50.0 %)    67,434  (50.0 %)

Age structure:
Age structure
Population density²
As of: 31.12.2009
Inhabitants/km²: 164.3
Infrastructure
Educational institutions²
Elementary schools: 35
Secondary schools: 11
Secondary modern schools: 12
Grammar schools: 5
Special schools: 6
Vocational schools: 5
Leisure/culture/sport¹ 
Special amenities on offer: Tourist-Information Erholungsgebiet Dammer Berge e.V. (recreation area) 
http://www.dammer-berge.de
Tourist-Information Nordkreis Vechta e.V. 
http://www.nordkreis-vechta.de
Verbund Oldenburger Münsterland e.V. 
http://www.mein-om.de
Living space¹ 
Price of residential building land: 35.00 - 82.00 €/m²
Economics
Economic strength² Notes on the location indicators
€ per inhabitant
(District of Vechta)
    National comparison
(Germany=100 %)
Gross domestic product 2007: 30,651104 %
€ per employed person
(District of Vechta)
    National comparison
(Germany=100 %)
Gross value added 2007
   - Production sector:53,83183 %
   - Service sector:48,95695 %
€ per inhabitant
(District of Vechta)
    State comparison
 (State=100 %)
Net revenue from local business tax 2009: 404.15158 %
Municipal share of income tax 2009: 232.1487 %
Employment² Notes on the location indicators
As of: 30.06.2009
TotalFemaleMale
Employed persons: 52,21520,416  (39.1 %) 31,799  (60.9 %)
Change over previous year:+1,043  (+2.0 %)
Employment rate:56.7 %

Employed persons acc. to
economic sectors:
Economic sectors
In-commutersOut-commutersBalance
Commuters:30,92826,957+3,971
Unemployment³ Notes on the location indicators
Number of unemployed
Unemployment rate
Business promotion 
agencies¹
Street address: Landkreis Vechta
Ravensberger Straße 20
49377 Vechta
Telephone: 04441/898-0
Fax: 04441/898-1037
E-mail: wirtschaft@landkreis-vechta.de
Homepage: http://www.landkreis-vechta.de 
Contact: Ms. Ulrike Meyer
Telephone: 04441/898-2610
Fax: 04441/898-1037
E-mail: 2610@landkreis-vechta.de

Sources: ¹ KomSIS - Kommunales Standort-Informations-System Niedersachsen (As of: 20.9.2007)
² LSKN  - State Statistical Office of Lower Saxony,
  State Statistical Office of Bremen  (As of: date specified)
³ National Employment Agency  (As of: date specified)

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