Municipality Basic data Type of municipality Municipality Location Germany » Lower-Saxony » Cloppenburg, Landkreis » Barßel Population* 13 780 Retail purchasing power* 5 296 €/person/year Urbanization* medium populated Area information Municipal area* 84,35 km² Industrial and commercial area* 80 ha Residential building area* 559 ha Agricultural area* 3 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 360 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 370 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 4,2 % Labour - total* 74 490 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 7 % Labour - specialist* 10 % Labour - skilled worker* 61 % Labour - helper* 21 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 471 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 328 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 334 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 794 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 10 km Motorway junction Apen/Remels (A28) Nearby motorways A28 Airport Airport (distance)* 70 km Name of airport Flughafen Bremen "Hans Koschnick" Port Port (distance)* 15 km Name of port c-Port Saterland/Sedelsberg Port type Inland port Modality bimodal Waters Ems Freight village Freight village (distance)* 33 km Name of freight village GVZ Emsland Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website