Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€11,807M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€113M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,624M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,420M
GVA — construction (F)
€690M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,408M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
37,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€44,851M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€10,323M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€61,911M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,538M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€167M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,112M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,861M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
157,600
Self-employed persons
34,600
Employment in manufacturing (C)
37,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
21.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
29.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.0%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
723 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
44
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
12
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
15
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
229,276
Population aged 65+
92,051
Population aged under 15
42,813
Median age of population
49.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.1%
Crude rate of total population change
1.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.2 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.19
Population density (persons per km²)
279 /km²