Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Lower-Saxony » Gifhorn, Landkreis » Gifhorn Population* 43 941 Retail purchasing power* 6 505 €/person/year Urbanization* medium populated Area information Municipal area* 105,40 km² Industrial and commercial area* 131 ha Residential building area* 990 ha Agricultural area* 1 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 425 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 430 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 4,8 % Labour - total* 44 830 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 13 % Labour - specialist* 14 % Labour - skilled worker* 56 % Labour - helper* 16 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 438 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 709 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 333 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 829 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 13 km Motorway junction Weyhausen (A39) Nearby motorways A39 Airport Airport (distance)* 58 km Name of airport Flughafen Hannover Port Port (distance)* 19 km Name of port Hafen Braunschweig Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Mittellandkanal Freight village Freight village (distance)* 14 km Name of freight village GVZ Wolfsburg Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website