So....the official German census ended....with Hanau being noted as a 'lesser-city'....meaning that the city-believed population of 100,307 population was NOT correct. The census gave them a population of 94,000 roughly.
Here's the thing....the census count means a lesser distribution of state/federal/EU funds, and Hanau officials are upset by this situation.
This week....a request went to the census folks....the city of Hanau wants a explanation on how they 'count'.
How did Hanau believe in their 100,307 number? Well....as you move 'in-and-out' of a city....you have to present yourself to the city government. So the city believes that this mandated action is a correct number.
How could Hanau lose 6,368 people? I've yet to hear any logical explanation for this.
Guesses? There might be a couple thousand students living in the area but registered elsewhere. I also pondered over the idea....there's probably a thousand homeless people in the region, and the census folks might have failed to count them.
If I were the city? I'd go hire fifty folks for a month, and have them do a home-by-home actual count.
If the city fails? Millions in Euro are lost on the city budget.
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