Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€14,173M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€603M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,270M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,033M
GVA — construction (F)
€908M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,740M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€23,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,741M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,378M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,232M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,825M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€271M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,717M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,935M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
311,460
Self-employed persons
43,020
Employment in manufacturing (C)
82,880
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
24.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
29.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.4%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
645 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,359
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
514
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
20
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
410,412
Population aged 65+
142,439
Population aged under 15
100,376
Median age of population
45.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
Population density (persons per km²)
68 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
122 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
177 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
70 /M