Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,520M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€64M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€356M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€333M
GVA — construction (F)
€101M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€254M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€8,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
13,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€9,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€3,870M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,489M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€6,296M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€141M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€26M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€253M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€493M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
48,980
Self-employed persons
5,770
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,420
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
75.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
16.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
21.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
20.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
15.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.3%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
400 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,489
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
833
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
63
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
112,950
Population aged 65+
39,991
Population aged under 15
25,874
Median age of population
46.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.4%
Crude rate of total population change
-9.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.61
Population density (persons per km²)
71 /km²