Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Northrhine-Westphalia » Kreisfreie Stadt » Herne Population* 157 896 Retail purchasing power* 5 173 €/person/year Urbanization* densely populated Area information Municipal area* 51,42 km² Industrial and commercial area* 335 ha Residential building area* 1392 ha Agricultural area* 0 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 500 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 830 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 12,1 % Labour - total* 51 540 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 10 % Labour - specialist* 11 % Labour - skilled worker* 58 % Labour - helper* 19 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 781 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 521 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 608 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 771 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 1 km Motorway junction Herne-Baukau (A42) Nearby motorways A2 A40 A42 A43 A448 Airport Airport (distance)* 27 km Name of airport Flughafen Dortmund Port Port (distance)* 4 km Name of port Hafen Herne Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Rhein-Herne-Kanal Freight village Freight village (distance)* 4 km Name of freight village GVZ Herne-Emscher Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website