Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,879M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€62M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,649M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,449M
GVA — construction (F)
€763M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,638M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€60,881M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€22,211M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€139,588M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,002M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,765M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
118,770
Self-employed persons
10,710
Employment in manufacturing (C)
29,840
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.3%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
636 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,212
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
468
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
38
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
161,900
Population aged 65+
58,779
Population aged under 15
38,130
Median age of population
45.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.7 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
Population density (persons per km²)
404 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
186 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
755 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M