Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Northrhine-Westphalia » Kreisfreie Stadt » Solingen Industrial and commercial area* 394 ha Municipal area* 89,54 km² Urbanization* densely populated Population Population* 161 545 Unemployment rate (in district)* 8,4 % Retail purchasing power* 6 080 €/Einwohner/Jahr Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance) 5 km Motorway junction Haan-Ost (A46) Nearby motorways A46 A535 Airport Airport (distance) 25 km Name of airport Flughafen Düsseldorf Port Port (distance) 17 km Name of port Hafen Düsseldorf Reisholz Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Rhein Freight village Freight village (distance) 33 km Name of freight village GVZ Köln Eifeltor Modality bimodal Taxes, labour costs and qualification Excise tax Level of business tax 475 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B 690 % (municipal rate) Level of labour costs (in the federal state) Production industry 39,67 €/h Service industry 35,80 €/h Qualification of labour (in the district) Academic education 15 % Vocational training 58 % Without training 19 % Contact City SolingenMy|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Kontaktformular Standortprofile Website Remove