Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,036M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€198M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,390M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,142M
GVA — construction (F)
€753M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,677M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€31,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€18,609M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,844M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€35,602M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,879M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,139M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
112,200
Self-employed persons
14,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
39.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.2%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
663 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
63
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
171,743
Population aged 65+
57,984
Population aged under 15
38,371
Median age of population
45.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.8%
Crude rate of total population change
3.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
Population density (persons per km²)
80 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
41.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
805 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,141 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
49 /M