Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Lower-Saxony » Vechta, Landkreis » Damme Population* 17 686 Retail purchasing power* 5 815 €/person/year Urbanization* medium populated Area information Municipal area* 104,39 km² Industrial and commercial area* 160 ha Residential building area* 429 ha Agricultural area* 2 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 350 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 360 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 4,0 % Labour - total* 77 910 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 8 % Labour - specialist* 10 % Labour - skilled worker* 58 % Labour - helper* 23 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 552 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 256 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 353 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 732 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 9 km Motorway junction Neuenkirchen/Vörden (A1) Nearby motorways A1 Airport Airport (distance)* 55 km Name of airport Flughafen Münster/Osnabrück Port Port (distance)* 27 km Name of port Hafen Osnabrück Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Stichkanal Osnabrück Freight village Freight village (distance)* 26 km Name of freight village GVZ Osnabrück Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website