Municipality Basic data Type of municipality Municipality Location Germany » Lower-Saxony » Emsland, Landkreis » Geeste Population* 12 129 Retail purchasing power* 5 466 €/person/year Urbanization* sparsely populated Area information Municipal area* 133,11 km² Industrial and commercial area* 149 ha Residential building area* 419 ha Agricultural area* 7 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 350 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 350 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 3,3 % Labour - total* 155 580 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 9 % Labour - specialist* 13 % Labour - skilled worker* 62 % Labour - helper* 16 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 848 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 639 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 564 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 940 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 6 km Motorway junction Geeste (A31) Nearby motorways A31 Airport Airport (distance)* 59 km Name of airport Flughafen Münster/Osnabrück Port Port (distance)* 19 km Name of port Eurohafen Emsland Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Dortmund-Ems-Kanal Freight village Freight village (distance)* 33 km Name of freight village GVZ Rheine Modality bimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website
