Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€20,947M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€337M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,249M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,991M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,383M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,044M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
36,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€46,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,719M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,098M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€37,994M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,228M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€676M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,531M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,403M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
241,920
Self-employed persons
14,120
Employment in manufacturing (C)
24,020
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
39.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
28.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.5%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
514 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,137
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
815
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
315,775
Population aged 65+
116,450
Population aged under 15
75,124
Median age of population
44.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.9%
Crude rate of total population change
3.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.4 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
Population density (persons per km²)
149 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
22.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
502 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,107 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
31 /M