Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€16,487M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€700M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,418M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,097M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,137M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,784M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€12,851M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,525M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€28,666M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,573M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€161M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,198M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,251M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
218,200
Self-employed persons
28,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
31,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
12.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.7%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,406
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
256
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
112
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
311,970
Population aged 65+
153,240
Population aged under 15
83,634
Median age of population
48.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
49.1%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
75.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.60
Population density (persons per km²)
64 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
21.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
388 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,125 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
62 /M