Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€13,372M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€91M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,477M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,296M
GVA — construction (F)
€524M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,126M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€29,556M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,134M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€86,336M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,930M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,224M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
183,790
Self-employed persons
14,390
Employment in manufacturing (C)
29,970
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
27.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.2%
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.
2,542
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
646
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.
5
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
244,009
Population aged 65+
95,818
Population aged under 15
53,957
Median age of population
47.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-6.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.5 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
Population density (persons per km²)
728 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
40.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
324 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,239 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
23 /M