Municipality Basic data Type of municipality Municipality Location Germany » Lower-Saxony » Leer, Landkreis » Uplengen Population* 12 119 Retail purchasing power* 4 767 €/person/year Urbanization* sparsely populated Area information Municipal area* 148,81 km² Industrial and commercial area* 53 ha Residential building area* 594 ha Agricultural area* 3 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 360 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 340 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 6,6 % Labour - total* 51 590 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 9 % Labour - specialist* 10 % Labour - skilled worker* 64 % Labour - helper* 17 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 245 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 006 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 165 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 511 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 5 km Motorway junction Apen/Remels (A28) Nearby motorways A28 Airport Airport (distance)* 74 km Name of airport Flughafen Bremen "Hans Koschnick" Port Port (distance)* 22 km Name of port Hafen Leer Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Leda Freight village Freight village (distance)* 41 km Name of freight village GVZ JadeWeserPort Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website