Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€14,118M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€174M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,607M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,356M
GVA — construction (F)
€883M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,085M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€31,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
48,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€54,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,710M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,304M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€29,133M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,902M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€268M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,431M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,939M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
137,500
Self-employed persons
28,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
51.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
18.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
30.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.4%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
512 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,308
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
454
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
24
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
173,229
Population aged 65+
77,434
Population aged under 15
37,415
Median age of population
48.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
44.7%
Crude rate of total population change
2.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.7 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
Population density (persons per km²)
441 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
32.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
273 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,446 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
43 /M