Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Northrhine-Westphalia » Kreisfreie Stadt » Mönchengladbach Population* 268 943 Retail purchasing power* 5 715 €/person/year Urbanization* densely populated Area information Municipal area* 170,47 km² Industrial and commercial area* 549 ha Residential building area* 2774 ha Agricultural area* 5 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 490 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 620 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 10,9 % Labour - total* 106 620 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 12 % Labour - specialist* 13 % Labour - skilled worker* 53 % Labour - helper* 22 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 828 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 554 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 449 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 533 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 3 km Motorway junction Mönchengladbach-Holt (A61) Nearby motorways A44 A52 A61 Airport Airport (distance)* 25 km Name of airport Flughafen Düsseldorf Port Port (distance)* 18 km Name of port Hafen Neuss Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Rhein Freight village Freight village (distance)* 48 km Name of freight village GVZ Köln Eifeltor Modality bimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website