Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,577M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€246M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,917M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,809M
GVA — construction (F)
€501M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,167M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,800
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)
€1,239M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€45M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,879M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,867M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
99,700
Self-employed persons
12,600
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,400
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.
764
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
297
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
66
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
150,286
Population aged 65+
66,065
Population aged under 15
40,551
Median age of population
47.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
44.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.5 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
70.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
Population density (persons per km²)
51 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
320 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,119 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
64 /M