Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,600M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€503M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,336M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,233M
GVA — construction (F)
€428M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€961M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€9,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
17,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€12,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,214M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,008M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€7,834M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€467M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€80M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€814M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,558M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
175,520
Self-employed persons
21,960
Employment in manufacturing (C)
43,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
23.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
26.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.1%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
395 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,072
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
590
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
64
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
338,252
Population aged 65+
97,037
Population aged under 15
85,262
Median age of population
42.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-7.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-5.0 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.77
Population density (persons per km²)
89 /km²