Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Northrhine-Westphalia » Kreisfreie Stadt » Cologne Industrial and commercial area* 2575 ha Municipal area* 405,02 km² Urbanization* densely populated Population Population* 1 087 353 Unemployment rate (in district)* 9,1 % Retail purchasing power* 6 602 €/Einwohner/Jahr 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 Taxes, labour costs and qualification Excise tax Level of business tax 475 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B 515 % (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 34 % Vocational training 41 % Without training 16 % Contact City CologneMy|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Kontaktformular Standortprofile Website Add