Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,276M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€165M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,912M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,909M
GVA — construction (F)
€391M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,127M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€6,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
21,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€13,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€2,738M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€682M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€5,794M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€583M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€299M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,096M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,584M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
339,180
Self-employed persons
79,430
Employment in manufacturing (C)
87,160
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
69.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
14.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
29.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
36.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.5%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
457 /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).
0
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
18
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
397,793
Population aged 65+
144,138
Population aged under 15
93,699
Median age of population
45.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.2%
Crude rate of total population change
3.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.5 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.74
Population density (persons per km²)
108 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
35.0 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
207 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
80 /M