Integrated municipality of Gellersen

Profile ID: SI-40456

District:

District of Lüneburg
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Population:

13,167 (As of: Dec 31, 2016)

Unemployment rate (Dist):

5.6 % (As of: Mar 1, 2018)

Employment rate:

54.6 % (As of: Jun 30, 2017)

Homepage:

http://www.gellersen.de

Facts & Figures

Population²:

	Total	Female	Male
Inhabitants:	13,167	6,798 (51.6 %)	6,369 (48.4 %)
As of: Dec 31, 2016

Age structure:

Population density²:

Inhabitants/km²:	178.5
		As of: Dec 31, 2015

Economic strength²:

€ per inhabitant (District of Lüneburg)		National comparison (Germany=100 %)
Gross domestic product 2015:	25,274	68 %

€ per employed person (District of Lüneburg)		National comparison (Germany=100 %)
Gross value added 2015
- Production sector:	58,735	74 %
- Service sector:	50,034	85 %

€ per inhabitant (Integrated municipality of Gellersen)		State comparison (State=100 %)
Net revenue from local business tax 2015:	186.67	48 %
Municipal share of income tax 2015:	453.68	118 %

Employment³:

	Total	Female	Male
Employed persons:	1,352	838 (62.0 %)	514 (38.0 %)
Change over previous year:	18 (1.3 %)
Employment rate:	54.6 %
As of: Jun 30, 2017

Employed persons acc. to economic sectors:

	In-commuters	Out-commuters	Balance
Commuters:	1,045	4,355	-3,310
As of: Jun 30, 2016

Unemployment³:

Unemployment rate in % (District of Lüneburg):

Infrastructure

Educational institutions²:

Leisure/culture/sport¹:

Location

Collection rates¹:

Business promotion schemes¹:

GRW funding (joint federal-state regional development scheme for the "Improvement of the regional economic structure")
State aid to compensate for locational disadvantages in structurally weak regions for commercial enterprises (including tourism). Promotion of investments to create and secure existing jobs.
GA funding (joint federal-state regional development scheme for the "Improvement of the regional economic structure")
State aid to compensate for locational disadvantages in structurally weak regions for commercial enterprises (including tourism). Promotion of investments to create and secure existing jobs.

Major companies¹:

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Sources:	¹	Own Survey (Last update on Dec 1, 2017)
	²	LSNhttp://www.statistik.niedersachsen.de/ - Niedersachsen State Statistical Office, State Statistical Office of Bremenhttp://www.statistik.bremen.de/ (As of: date specified)
	³	Statistics from the German Federal Employment Agencyhttp://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/ (As of: date specified), Note on Data Usehttp://www.komsis.de/lang=en/ba-datennutzung.html
		The statistical data have been updated to include the most recent available figures on Apr 9, 2018

Schools of general education 2016 (Integrated municipality of Gellersen)
Elementary schools:	3
Vocational schools 2016 (District of Lüneburg)
Vocational schools:	8
Vocational technical schools:	6
Technical secondary schools:	2
Vocational grammar schools:	3
Colleges:	3

Sport facilities:	Reitsportzentrum Luhmühlen AZL Ausbildungszentrum Luhmühlen - Lüneburger Heide GmbH
Special amenities on offer:	Luhmühlen Equestrian Centrehttp://www.luhmuehlen.de

Local business tax:	350 %
Local property tax A:	350 %
Local property tax B:	350 %

Company:	Lünekartoffel-Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG
Branch(es):	Food
Link:	http://www.luenekartoffel.de

Company:	Hans Willi BÖHMER Verpackung und Vertrieb GmbH & Co.KG
Branch(es):	Nahrungsmittel
Link:	http://www.kartoffel-boehmer.de

Phone:	+49 4131 6727-0
Fax:	+49 4131 6727-39
Homepage:	http://www.gellersen.de
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