Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€22,895M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€150M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,432M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,853M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,152M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,069M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€31,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
59,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€67,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,891M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€886M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€16,182M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,818M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,274M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
226,400
Self-employed persons
25,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
27,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
35.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.1%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
573 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
64
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
17
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
15
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
248,079
Population aged 65+
77,109
Population aged under 15
53,794
Median age of population
43.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.1%
Crude rate of total population change
3.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.28
Population density (persons per km²)
224 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
37.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
772 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,415 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
49 /M