Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€12,197M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€345M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,529M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,311M
GVA — construction (F)
€726M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,249M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,600
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)
€1,922M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€361M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,370M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,980M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
153,700
Self-employed persons
17,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,700
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.
2,247
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
519
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
77
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
258,416
Population aged 65+
96,879
Population aged under 15
77,829
Median age of population
43.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.7 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.76
Population density (persons per km²)
73 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
26.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
387 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,179 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
66 /M