Country/
federal state:
| Germany/ Bavaria | | Inhabitants: | 42,000
| | First mentioned in an official document: | 1056
(Coburg celebrates its 950th anniversary in 2006)
| Economic structure:
| Employees subject to social insurance
contributions: approx. 28,000
(Agriculture and forestry: 0.25 %
Manufacturing industry: 34.44 %
Commerce, traffic: 16.85 %
Services: 48.46)
Highest per capita tax revenue in
Bavaria in 2004
According to Federal Employment
Office 700 new jobs in the urban area
since the year 2000
Highest GFK purchasing power in
Northern Bavaria at 18,600 € per capita
In 2005 almost 150 million € of private
investments on the part of the economy
| Geographic location:
| 297 m above sea level; Coburg is situated in Northern Bavaria, close to the border of the neighbouring state of Thuringia
| Distances:
| Erfurt 100 km, Bamberg 50 km,
Würzburg 120 km, Nuremberg 120 km,
Munich 250 km
Within a radius of 4 hours by truck, a market with 6 million people can be opened up. |
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