Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Northrhine-Westphalia » Kreisfreie Stadt » Cologne Population* 1 087 353 Retail purchasing power* 6 602 €/person/year Urbanization* densely populated Area information Municipal area* 405,02 km² Industrial and commercial area* 2226 ha Residential building area* 6216 ha Agricultural area* 8 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 475 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 515 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 9,2 % Labour - total* 630 500 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 20 % Labour - specialist* 18 % Labour - skilled worker* 48 % Labour - helper* 13 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 6 185 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 942 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 811 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 679 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 3 km Motorway junction Köln-Ehrenfeld (A57) Nearby motorways A1 A3 A4 A57 Airport Airport (distance)* 14 km Name of airport Flughafen Köln/Bonn „Konrad Adenauer“ Port Port (distance)* 1 km Name of port Hafen Köln - Deutz Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Rhein Freight village Freight village (distance)* 5 km Name of freight village GVZ Köln Eifeltor Modality bimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website