Municipality Basic data Type of municipality Municipality Location Germany » Lower-Saxony » Helmstedt, Landkreis » Velpke Population* 4 999 Urbanization* medium populated Area information Municipal area* 19,79 km² Industrial and commercial area* 10 ha Residential building area* 135 ha Agricultural area* 0 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 390 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 490 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 7,2 % Labour - total* 26 090 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 9 % Labour - specialist* 9 % Labour - skilled worker* 57 % Labour - helper* 25 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 266 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 194 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 172 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 414 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 13 km Motorway junction Wolfsburg-West () Nearby motorways A39 Airport Airport (distance)* 84 km Name of airport Flughafen Hannover Port Port (distance)* 32 km Name of port Hafen Braunschweig Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Mittellandkanal Freight village Freight village (distance)* 12 km Name of freight village GVZ Wolfsburg Modality trimodal Contact Natalie Leibold Website
