Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,190M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€338M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,334M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,120M
GVA — construction (F)
€850M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,471M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€19,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,710M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,609M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,889M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€948M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€116M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,044M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,152M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
116,100
Self-employed persons
28,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
67.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
26.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
24.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
19.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.6%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
728 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
7
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
57
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
177,664
Population aged 65+
77,260
Population aged under 15
31,782
Median age of population
50.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.5 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.15
Population density (persons per km²)
57 /km²