Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,374M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€595M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€611M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€479M
GVA — construction (F)
€518M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,534M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€16,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
23,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€24,161M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,214M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€40,753M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€933M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€101M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,568M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,548M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
120,200
Self-employed persons
30,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
54.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
33.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
16.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
24.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
15.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
3.9%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
733 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5
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.
72
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
207,704
Population aged 65+
70,072
Population aged under 15
43,524
Median age of population
45.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.7%
Crude rate of total population change
6.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.4 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.35
Population density (persons per km²)
198 /km²