Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Lower-Saxony » Vechta, Landkreis » Vechta Population* 34 145 Retail purchasing power* 6 280 €/person/year Urbanization* medium populated Area information Municipal area* 87,89 km² Industrial and commercial area* 311 ha Residential building area* 718 ha Agricultural area* 1 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 320 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 280 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 4,0 % Labour - total* 77 910 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 8 % Labour - specialist* 10 % Labour - skilled worker* 58 % Labour - helper* 23 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 552 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 256 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 353 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 732 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 8 km Motorway junction Vechta (A1) Nearby motorways A1 Airport Airport (distance)* 49 km Name of airport Flughafen Bremen "Hans Koschnick" Port Port (distance)* 45 km Name of port Industriehafen Getmold Port type Inland port Modality bimodal Waters Mittellandkanal Freight village Freight village (distance)* 49 km Name of freight village GVZ Bremen Modality bimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website