Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,220M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€47M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,308M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,152M
GVA — construction (F)
€433M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€827M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
36,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€24,625M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,717M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€57,940M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,297M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,308M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
79,290
Self-employed persons
7,750
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,360
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
4.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.3%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
603 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,104
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
650
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
48
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
106,059
Population aged 65+
38,567
Population aged under 15
25,161
Median age of population
45.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.4%
Crude rate of total population change
1.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.0 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
Population density (persons per km²)
251 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
25.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
163 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
796 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
34 /M