Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Hesse » Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Landkreis » Melsungen Population* 14 107 Retail purchasing power* 6 067 €/person/year Urbanization* medium populated Area information Municipal area* 63,09 km² Industrial and commercial area* 111 ha Residential building area* 311 ha Agricultural area* 3 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 395 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 365 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 4,8 % Labour - total* 59 860 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 9 % Labour - specialist* 11 % Labour - skilled worker* 58 % Labour - helper* 22 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 702 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 634 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 348 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 783 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 5 km Motorway junction Melsungen (A7) Nearby motorways A7 Airport Airport (distance)* 83 km Name of airport Flughafen Paderborn/Lippstadt Port Port (distance)* 119 km Name of port Hafen Hildesheim Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Zweigkanal Hildesheim Freight village Freight village (distance)* 16 km Name of freight village GVZ Kassel Modality bimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website
