Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,540M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€426M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€869M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€701M
GVA — construction (F)
€207M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€761M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
18,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€9,718M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,006M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€21,296M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€285M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€61M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€471M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€806M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
128,950
Self-employed persons
17,050
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,540
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
14.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
40.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.0%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
424 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,373
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
864
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
89
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
171,368
Population aged 65+
62,014
Population aged under 15
41,416
Median age of population
45.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-12.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-3.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.32
Population density (persons per km²)
18 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
85.9 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
440 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
60 /M