Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,628M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€458M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,038M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,518M
GVA — construction (F)
€445M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,395M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€20,283M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,604M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€46,136M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,404M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€194M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,120M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,172M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
113,500
Self-employed persons
13,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
51.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.0%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
631 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,262
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
426
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
145
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
170,176
Population aged 65+
81,638
Population aged under 15
44,479
Median age of population
48.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.7 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
74.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.66
Population density (persons per km²)
41 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
37.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
592 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,319 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
66 /M