Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,912M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€154M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,089M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€859M
GVA — construction (F)
€251M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,215M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€13,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€6,471M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,776M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€10,301M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€601M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€139M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€925M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,279M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
131,450
Self-employed persons
12,820
Employment in manufacturing (C)
28,450
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
16.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
19.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
10.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.8%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
593 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,184
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
404
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
9
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
188,324
Population aged 65+
63,248
Population aged under 15
41,623
Median age of population
45.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-6.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.0 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.14
Population density (persons per km²)
91 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
18.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
337 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
292 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M