Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,607M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€341M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€928M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€714M
GVA — construction (F)
€309M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,514M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€14,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€19,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,284M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,567M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€21,259M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€328M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€80M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€732M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€783M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
124,820
Self-employed persons
12,990
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,230
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
52.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.7%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
611 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,093
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
785
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
115
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
173,117
Population aged 65+
59,413
Population aged under 15
34,206
Median age of population
46.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.7 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.09
Population density (persons per km²)
32 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
24.0 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
165 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
49 /M