Municipality Basic data Type of municipality Municipality Location Germany » Lower-Saxony » Emsland, Landkreis » Geeste Industrial and commercial area* 154 ha Municipal area* 133,11 km² Urbanization* sparsely populated Population Population* 12 263 Unemployment rate (in district)* 3,4 % Retail purchasing power* 5 466 €/Einwohner/Jahr Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance) 6 km Motorway junction Geeste (A31) Nearby motorways A31 Airport Airport (distance) 59 km Name of airport Flughafen Münster/Osnabrück Port Port (distance) 19 km Name of port Eurohafen Emsland Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Dortmund-Ems-Kanal Freight village Freight village (distance) 33 km Name of freight village GVZ Rheine Modality bimodal Taxes, labour costs and qualification Excise tax Level of business tax 350 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B 350 % (municipal rate) Level of labour costs (in the federal state) Production industry 41,60 €/h Service industry 33,48 €/h Qualification of labour (in the district) Academic education 11 % Vocational training 66 % Without training 13 % Contact Municipality GeesteMy|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Kontaktformular Standortprofile Website Remove