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Title: Regional Profile Report - Central Europe

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population forecast predicts a continuing decrease of the region’s population from 2006 -<br />

2020 of around 11%, which is above the Saxon average of 6% 28 .<br />

Figure 2: Population development FLOEZ – including prognosis 1990 – 2020<br />

(Data: Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen)<br />

Figure 3: Population development for FLOEZ by age groups 2000 – 2007<br />

(Data: Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen)<br />

3.1.2. Infrastructure and Economy<br />

The region is well connected by various national motorway and train links, making it a central<br />

location in Saxony and the whole of the South-Eastern part of Germany. Of special<br />

importance is the region’s position along the Saxon East-West transport axis (motorways<br />

BAB 4, BAB 72, train connections to Nürnberg and Dresden) and the good link-up to all other<br />

28 Data: Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen (4th <strong>Regional</strong> Population Forecast – variant 1)<br />

<strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Profile</strong> Zwickau-Lugau-Oelsnitz<br />

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