Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,546M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€50M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,020M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€902M
GVA — construction (F)
€360M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,895M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€25,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,641M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€658M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€13,216M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€573M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€164M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,186M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,035M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
126,030
Self-employed persons
18,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,550
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.5%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
549 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
68
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
26
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
17
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
163,527
Population aged 65+
70,753
Population aged under 15
31,710
Median age of population
48.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.3%
Crude rate of total population change
4.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.20
Population density (persons per km²)
74 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
22.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
238 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
439 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
75 /M