Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,762M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€298M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€495M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€360M
GVA — construction (F)
€136M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,709M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
21,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€17,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€2,427M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€104M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€4,111M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€533M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€96M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,132M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€993M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
162,650
Self-employed persons
50,970
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,820
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
12.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
28.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
36.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
3.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.4%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
500 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
0
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
21
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
192,761
Population aged 65+
62,763
Population aged under 15
46,074
Median age of population
44.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.50
Population density (persons per km²)
115 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
3.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
39.3 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
222 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
71 /M