Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€16,445M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€576M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,581M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,395M
GVA — construction (F)
€971M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,489M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€45,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€23,257M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,035M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€50,437M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,445M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€179M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,144M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,584M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
211,000
Self-employed persons
39,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
28,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
86.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
44.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
53.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
25.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
30.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
12.8%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
523 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,033
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
253
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
53
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
5
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
246,554
Population aged 65+
106,383
Population aged under 15
55,020
Median age of population
49.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.1%
Crude rate of total population change
2.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.59
Population density (persons per km²)
262 /km²