Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€16,656M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€287M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,300M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,995M
GVA — construction (F)
€921M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,525M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,700
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
€8,575M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,453M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€19,541M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,831M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€221M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,668M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,955M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
221,800
Self-employed persons
23,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
35,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.8%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,079
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
380
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
92
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
337,208
Population aged 65+
117,003
Population aged under 15
92,516
Median age of population
41.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.2 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
Population density (persons per km²)
104 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
67.6 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
280 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
64 /M