Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€15,909M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€85M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,553M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,039M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,006M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,831M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
49,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€55,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€11,208M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,027M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€20,187M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,908M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,527M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
186,400
Self-employed persons
21,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
20,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
32.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
37.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.6%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
551 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
20
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
6
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
7
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
213,434
Population aged 65+
61,867
Population aged under 15
43,941
Median age of population
42.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.0%
Crude rate of total population change
2.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.4 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
49.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.17
Population density (persons per km²)
153 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
37.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
418 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,311 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
41 /M