Marburg-Biedenkopf - DE724

EU regions: Germany > Hesse > Giessen Government Region > Marburg-Biedenkopf

indicator	period	value
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	2019	116
number of inhabitants	2021	245 903
population density	2019	195.6
old-age dependency ratio	2021	30.1

* more on wikidata Q7902 * on OpenStreetMap * Marburg-Biedenkopf slovensky: DE724

Composition of population according to age group, education and economic activity, Marburg-Biedenkopf

age group	low education	middle education	high education

note: in thousands, according to labour force sample survey. P – total population, E – employed, U – unemployed, I – number of ecnomically inactive

From wikipedia:

Marburg-Biedenkopf is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Waldeck-Frankenberg, Schwalm-Eder, Vogelsbergkreis, Gießen, Lahn-Dill, Siegen-Wittgenstein.

History

The district was created in 1974 when the districts Marburg, Biedenkopf and the former urban district of Marburg were merged.

The district has partnerships with Huntingdonshire in the United Kingdom, the borough of Charlottenburg in Berlin, and the district of Kościerzyna in Poland.

Geography

The main river in the district is the Lahn.

other: Giessen Government Region, Limburg-Weilburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Gießen, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Vogelsbergkreis

neighbours: Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Gießen, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Vogelsbergkreis

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: EU regions - Marburg-Biedenkopf - DE724, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/eu-regions/DE724

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