Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Northrhine-Westphalia » Kreisfreie Stadt » Bottrop Population* 118 705 Retail purchasing power* 5 537 €/person/year Urbanization* densely populated Area information Municipal area* 100,61 km² Industrial and commercial area* 340 ha Residential building area* 1325 ha Agricultural area* 2 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 490 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 680 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 8,3 % Labour - total* 33 960 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 10 % Labour - specialist* 11 % Labour - skilled worker* 59 % Labour - helper* 20 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 426 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 204 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 383 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 766 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 2 km Motorway junction Bottrop-Süd (A42) Nearby motorways A2 A3 A31 A40 A42 A516 A52 Airport Airport (distance)* 28 km Name of airport Flughafen Düsseldorf Port Port (distance)* 4 km Name of port Hafen Essen Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Rhein-Herne-Kanal Freight village Freight village (distance)* 16 km Name of freight village GVZ Herne-Emscher Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website