Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Northrhine-Westphalia » Borken, Kreis » Gescher Industrial and commercial area* 107 ha Municipal area* 80,84 km² Urbanization* medium populated Population Population* 17 467 Unemployment rate (in district)* 4,9 % Retail purchasing power* 5 787 €/Einwohner/Jahr Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance) 3 km Motorway junction Gescher/Coesfeld (A31) Nearby motorways A31 Airport Airport (distance) 50 km Name of airport Flughafen Münster/Osnabrück Port Port (distance) 29 km Name of port Hafen Marl Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Wesel-Datteln-Kanal Freight village Freight village (distance) 46 km Name of freight village GVZ Herne-Emscher Modality trimodal Taxes, labour costs and qualification Excise tax Level of business tax 444 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B 550 % (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 11 % Vocational training 68 % Without training 14 % Contact City GescherMy|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Kontaktformular Standortprofile Website Add