Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€22,925M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€632M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,976M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,617M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,942M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,095M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€32,580M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,197M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€79,082M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,706M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€240M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,389M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,891M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
303,200
Self-employed persons
37,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
55,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
16.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
54.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.4%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
611 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,592
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
220
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
210
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
415,672
Population aged 65+
197,628
Population aged under 15
111,580
Median age of population
47.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
47.5%
Crude rate of total population change
7.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.7 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
74.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
Population density (persons per km²)
107 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
404 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,094 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M