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19 251 101 September 2019 Facts andFiguresoftheProvinceGelderland Nice tomeetyou Key Figures Total business parks and land The Province of Gelderland – to be immediately allocated
¤ 737,0 8.651.830 1.630.070 a brief introduction 893 78,6% Gelderland is located strategically between the main ports of Rotterdam and Amsterdam and the German Ruhr area. This location as well as the excellent 702 infrastructure and accessibility by road, water, rail and through the air make Gelderland one of the most important investment regions of Europe. Thanks to its central position in Western Europe, big international companies have based their head-offices in this province.
Gelderland is committed to 3 Top Sectors: Food, The population density in Gelderland is 417/km2 and Health and Energy & Environmental Technology in 2017, the gross regional product amounted to 11,7% 11,4% (emt). More than 160 knowledge institutes, close to 74.4 billion – i.e. 36,210 euro per inhabitant. 10,1% 1.010.800 186.060 businesses, care institutes and authorities In 2017, the disposable income per household was ¤ 74,4 operating along the ‘RedMedTech-highway’ on average 42,000 euro. Gelderland accommodates Gross regional Employment Number of business Gelderland from Twente to Eindhoven together form Health over more than 186,000 businesses that offer product in billion Valley, aimed at innovation and new business employment to almost 1.011.000 people. The Netherlands Total availability (net ha.) at the interface of health and technology. The unemployment rate stands at 3.6%. As per Gelderland To be allocated immediately (net ha.) 1 January 2019, the business park stock is 893 net In Gelderland, knowledge and entrepreneurship hectares, with 702 net hectares immediately Gelderland Key Figures are brought together in a targeted approach, available for allocation. partly by Wageningen University. Together with leading knowledge institutes and a large number The varied scenery, the historical cities and the of Gelderland food businesses, Food Valley NL is large off er of cultural events, the famous Kröller a fertile breeding ground for innovative agrofood Müller Museum with the large Van Gogh collection GLD 115.427 ha NL 498.956 ha companies. Kiemt is the Top Sector development and stadium theatre Gelredome with convertible nature programme for the emt and biobased economy in pitch create a pleasant residential climate with GLD 5.136 km2 NL 41.543 km2 Gelderland. thriving tourism. In 2018 for example, Gelderland surface Apeldoorn was the number one holiday province of the Zutphen Gelderland does very well in the international Netherlands with no less than 2.9 million tourists. added value GLD 1.7 billion euro regional competitiveness indexes; it is number 21 NL 13.7 billion euro Ede agriculture and horiculture of the list of 263 European regions. Arnhem Doetinchem
Wageningen Gelderland in relation to Employment structure North-Western Europe Nijmegen added value GLD 2.071.972 GLD 9.7 billion euro NL 17.282.163 NL 81.6 billion euro inhabitants industry
Concentrations of Knowledge and Activity Higher Educational Institutions Denmark
UoAS = University of Applied Sciences The Netherlands
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United Amsterdam Saxion 2,7% Agriculture and fishery Apeldoorn Kingdom Rotterdam 12,4% Industry; public utility London Germany Düsseldorf FoodValley 5,9% Building industry Aeres UoAS Wageningen Brussels Kiemt UoAS CHE Ede ArtEZ Institute of the Arts 17,7% Wholesale and retail trade; car repair HAN UoAS Arnhem and Nijmegen Belgium Arnhem 7% Transport and storage; information and communication Wageningen University UoAS Van Hall Larenstein North Rhine-Westphalia Wageningen Velp Luxembourg 4,8% Hotel and catering industry Luxembourg Iselinge UoAS Doetinchem 1,5% Financial institutions France 14,3% Business services Radboud University Paris 4,8% Public administration Health Valley HAN UoAS Arnhem and Nijmegen Nijmegen 6,7% Education Greenport Gelderland Nijmegen 17,8% Healthcare and welfare 4.3% Other services