Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Northrhine-Westphalia » Recklinghausen, Kreis » Castrop-Rauxel Population* 74 370 Retail purchasing power* 5 540 €/person/year Urbanization* medium populated Area information Municipal area* 51,68 km² Industrial and commercial area* 268 ha Residential building area* 937 ha Agricultural area* 4 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 500 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 825 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 8,7 % Labour - total* 184 260 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 10 % Labour - specialist* 12 % Labour - skilled worker* 58 % Labour - helper* 19 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 708 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 470 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 486 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 593 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 1 km Motorway junction Castrop-Rauxel (A42) Nearby motorways A2 A40 A42 A43 A45 Airport Airport (distance)* 21 km Name of airport Flughafen Dortmund Port Port (distance)* 9 km Name of port Dortmunder Hafen Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Dortmund-Ems-Kanal Freight village Freight village (distance)* 10 km Name of freight village GVZ Herne-Emscher Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website