Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,893M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€117M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,358M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,053M
GVA — construction (F)
€447M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,284M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€101,220M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€19,922M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€188,904M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€713M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€45M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,663M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,023M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
77,400
Self-employed persons
19,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
71.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
10.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
23.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
34.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.2%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
640 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
70
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
39
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
84
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
111,549
Population aged 65+
46,200
Population aged under 15
21,351
Median age of population
50.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.4%
Crude rate of total population change
1.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.5 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.28
Population density (persons per km²)
57 /km²