Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Northrhine-Westphalia » Kreisfreie Stadt » Dortmund Industrial and commercial area* 1680 ha Municipal area* 280,71 km² Urbanization* densely populated Population Population* 595 471 Unemployment rate (in district)* 11,8 % Retail purchasing power* 5 766 €/Einwohner/Jahr Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance) 3 km Motorway junction Dortmund-Barop (A40) Nearby motorways A2 A40 A42 A44 A45 Airport Airport (distance) 10 km Name of airport Flughafen Dortmund Port Port (distance) 1 km Name of port Dortmunder Hafen Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Dortmund-Ems-Kanal Freight village Freight village (distance) 21 km Name of freight village GVZ Herne-Emscher Modality trimodal Taxes, labour costs and qualification Excise tax Level of business tax 485 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B 610 % (municipal rate) Level of labour costs (in the federal state) Production industry 39,67 €/h Service industry 35,80 €/h Qualification of labour (in the district) Academic education 21 % Vocational training 51 % Without training 18 % Contact City DortmundMy|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Kontaktformular Standortprofile Website Add