Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Northrhine-Westphalia » Kreisfreie Stadt » Bottrop Industrial and commercial area* 384 ha Municipal area* 100,61 km² Urbanization* densely populated Population Population* 118 705 Unemployment rate (in district)* 8,3 % Retail purchasing power* 5 537 €/Einwohner/Jahr Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance) 2 km Motorway junction Bottrop-Süd (A42) Nearby motorways A2 A3 A31 A40 A42 A516 A52 Airport Airport (distance) 28 km Name of airport Flughafen Düsseldorf Port Port (distance) 4 km Name of port Hafen Essen Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Rhein-Herne-Kanal Freight village Freight village (distance) 16 km Name of freight village GVZ Herne-Emscher Modality trimodal Taxes, labour costs and qualification Excise tax Level of business tax 490 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B 680 % (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 13 % Vocational training 63 % Without training 15 % Contact City BottropMy|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Kontaktformular Standortprofile Website Remove