Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,374M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€287M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€892M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€739M
GVA — construction (F)
€264M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€734M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€9,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
20,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€4,847M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€583M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€4,955M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€530M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€139M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€941M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,256M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
134,280
Self-employed persons
13,840
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
21.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
22.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
15.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.6%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
453 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,429
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
692
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
10
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
224,707
Population aged 65+
80,655
Population aged under 15
45,796
Median age of population
46.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-6.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.8 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.29
Population density (persons per km²)
80 /km²