Municipality Basic data Type of municipality Municipality Location Germany » Lower-Saxony » Cloppenburg, Landkreis » Essen (Oldenburg) Population* 9 083 Retail purchasing power* 5 349 €/person/year Urbanization* sparsely populated Area information Municipal area* 98,11 km² Industrial and commercial area* 125 ha Residential building area* 255 ha Agricultural area* 3 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 340 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 330 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 4,9 % Labour - total* 74 840 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 7 % Labour - specialist* 10 % Labour - skilled worker* 60 % Labour - helper* 22 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 241 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 104 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 146 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 629 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 16 km Motorway junction Vechta (A1) Nearby motorways A1 Airport Airport (distance)* 67 km Name of airport Flughafen Münster/Osnabrück Port Port (distance)* 36 km Name of port c-Port Saterland/Sedelsberg Port type Inland port Modality bimodal Waters Ems Freight village Freight village (distance)* 46 km Name of freight village GVZ Osnabrück Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website