Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€11,446M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€353M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,819M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,373M
GVA — construction (F)
€933M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,459M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€31,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,000
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)
€2,894M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,989M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
122,600
Self-employed persons
18,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,400
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.
16
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
5
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
33
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
222,264
Population aged 65+
72,781
Population aged under 15
51,512
Median age of population
46.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.7%
Crude rate of total population change
4.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.35
Population density (persons per km²)
130 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
320 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
456 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
49 /M