Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,182M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€649M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,587M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,465M
GVA — construction (F)
€532M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,657M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€29,682M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€5,009M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€51,756M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,272M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€105M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,322M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,436M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
116,100
Self-employed persons
34,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
20,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
23.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
30.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.9%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
744 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,955
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,019
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
32
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
179,970
Population aged 65+
77,356
Population aged under 15
32,599
Median age of population
50.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.0%
Crude rate of total population change
0.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.08
Population density (persons per km²)
303 /km²