Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,263M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€57M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,314M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,038M
GVA — construction (F)
€556M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,337M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
21,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,344M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,197M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€36,613M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€860M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,139M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
149,000
Self-employed persons
21,600
Employment in manufacturing (C)
24,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.8%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
602 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,126
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
283
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
21
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
256,456
Population aged 65+
86,109
Population aged under 15
55,693
Median age of population
44.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-6.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.06
Population density (persons per km²)
256 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
144 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
234 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
30 /M