Location and ground
| Hight over sea level | 158 – 430 m |
| Greatest extension | |
| North - South | 21.0 km |
| East - West | 22.4 km |
| |
| Surface area altogether | 26 910 ha |
| Of that: | Housing areas and open space | 1 292 ha |
| Industrial and business areas | 1 336 ha |
| Leisure areas | 1 798 ha |
| Traffic areas | 16 756 ha |
| Agricultural areas | 2 254 ha |
| Forest areas | 2 074 ha |
| Water expanse | 264 ha |
| Areas of other utilization | 344 ha |
| | 791 ha |
Population
| Number of inhabitants (level from 31.12.2008) | 199 416 |
| male | 95 964 |
| female | 103 452 |
| | |
| Age structure | | |
| 0 to under 3 years of age | 5 342 |
| | 3 to under 6 years of age | 4 928 |
| | 6 to under 15 years of age | 12 205 |
| | 15 to under 18 years of age | 3 713 |
| 18 to under 25 years of age | 20 900 |
| 25 to under 45 years of age | 54 934 |
| 45 to under 60 years of age | 45 066 |
| | 60 to under 65 years of age | 10 620 |
| | 65 to under 80 years of age | 32 657 |
| 80 years of age and older | 9 051 |
| |
| Foreigners | 5 989 |
| Population density | 741 citizens/km² |
| Average age | 43,7 years |
| |
Housing situation
in residental and non-residential buildings |
111 341 accomodation units |
| (level from 31.12.2007) |
Tourist industry
| 63 hotels and pensions | with 4 734 beds |
| 677 158 overnight stays |
| 1 youth hostel | 36 741 overnight stays |
Schools and educational facilities
| Numbers | Pupils/
students |
Grundschulen (primary schools)
Regelschulen (secondary modern schools)
Gymnasien (grammar schools)
Gesamtschulen (comprehensive schools)
Förderschulen (special education schools)
Berufsbildende Schulen (vocational schools)
Fachhochschule (University of applied sciences, WS 2008/2009)
University (WS 2008/2009)
Volkshochschule
(community college of further education)
School of music | 32
15
8
3
9
20
1
1
1
1 | 5 980
2 608
4 764
1 506
1 148
12 950
ca. 4 600
ca. 4 700
3 851
2 420 |
Health care, youth work and social services
| Hospitals | Bed capacity |
HELIOS Klinikum Erfurt
Katholisches Krankenhaus | 1 265
417 |
| Numbers |
Medical practitioners
Dentists
Pharmacies/chemist's shops
Children day care centres*
Housing area oriented options from youth workers
for children or adolescents*
Children's homes*
Albert Schweitzer children's village
Senior citizen's homes*
Social centres*
Senior citizen's clubs* | 406
209
52
96
33
15
1
17
21
16 |
| * under communal or free management | |
Sports facilities
| Numbers |
School gymnasiums
Other sports halls
Multi-function hall (Thüringenhalle)
Sport grounds (large playing grounds)
Small play grounds
Outdoor swimming pools
Bathing places with beach
Swimming halls
Ice sport facilities (with 400 m round skating track,
ice skating hall, outdoor ice rink) | 52
13
1
53
47
3
2
2
1 |
| Tennis facilities* | 6 with 35 tennis courts (of that 9 indoor courts) |
Bowling facilities
Shooting range facilities
Riding facilities* | 5
6
6 |
| Stadium (Steigerwaldstadion) | with approx. 20 000 seats |
| Hall for track and field athletics | with approx. 2 200 seats |
| * under communal or private management |
Traffic
Road and street network
Cycle tracks
Streetcar/tram system
Automobiles altogether
Among them private cars | 726 km
167.4 km
87.2 km 110 051
86 698 |
Finances
| City budget 2009 | |
| Administrative budget | 548.6 Mio EUR |
| Property budget | 126.5 Mio EUR |
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| Tax rates for communal taxes | |
| Real estate tax A | 220 % |
| Real estate tax B | 370 % |
| Trade tax | 400 % |
The City in Figures
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