Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€11,025M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€145M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,425M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,107M
GVA — construction (F)
€604M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,809M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,305M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€487M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€11,918M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,201M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€203M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,211M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,831M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
150,900
Self-employed persons
19,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
51.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.6%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,782
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
478
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
155
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
219,725
Population aged 65+
99,781
Population aged under 15
53,288
Median age of population
47.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.4%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.1 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
69.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
Population density (persons per km²)
68 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
28.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
394 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,274 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
59 /M