Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€16,005M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€589M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,770M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,178M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,134M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,702M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€21,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
36,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€43,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€13,860M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,205M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€24,815M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,094M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€719M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,677M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,133M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
185,940
Self-employed persons
18,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
25,050
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
20.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
39.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
34.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.9%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
727 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,661
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
397
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
50
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
256,873
Population aged 65+
90,111
Population aged under 15
71,347
Median age of population
40.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.1%
Crude rate of total population change
0.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
Population density (persons per km²)
11 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
34.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
79.6 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,769 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
38 /M