Municipality Basic data Type of municipality Municipality Location Germany » Lower-Saxony » Gifhorn, Landkreis » Meine Population 8 286 Urbanization sparsely populated Area information Municipal area 39,04 km² Average land price (in district) 133,01 €/m² Industrial and commercial area 13 ha Residential building area 236 ha Agricultural area 4 ha Retail purchasing power Retail purchasing power (per person) 6 450 €/year Retail purchasing power index (per person) n.a. Retail purchasing power (per household) n.a. Retail purchasing power index (per household) n.a. Excise tax Level of business tax 400 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B 430 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district) 4,7 % Labour - total 43 930 persons employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert 13 % Labour - specialist 13 % Labour - skilled worker 56 % Labour - helper 17 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert 5 637 €/month Gross salary - specialist 4 837 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker 3 545 €/month Gross salary - helper 2 982 €/month Commuter In-commuters rate n.a. Out-commuters rate n.a. Commuter balance n.a. Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance) 8 km Motorway junction Braunschweig-Flughafen (A2) Nearby motorways A2 A36 A39 A391 A392 Airport Airport (distance) 58 km Name of airport Flughafen Hannover Port Port (distance) 8 km Name of port Hafen Braunschweig Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Mittellandkanal Freight village Freight village (distance) 15 km Name of freight village GVZ Wolfsburg Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website