Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€22,459M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€2,672M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,311M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,832M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,133M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,743M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
41,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€44,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€11,131M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,531M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€22,820M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,632M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€258M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,086M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,513M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
255,000
Self-employed persons
27,600
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
33.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.6%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,646
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
295
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
129
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
345,827
Population aged 65+
122,990
Population aged under 15
89,933
Median age of population
42.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-3.4 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
Population density (persons per km²)
69 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
62.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
505 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,911 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
80 /M