Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,292M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€243M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,629M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,463M
GVA — construction (F)
€273M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€772M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
21,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,238M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,560M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€17,730M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€512M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€863M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
134,800
Self-employed persons
26,600
Employment in manufacturing (C)
37,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
43.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.7%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
600 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
52
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
17
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
77
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
197,424
Population aged 65+
65,316
Population aged under 15
46,913
Median age of population
43.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.1%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.1 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.20
Population density (persons per km²)
61 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
187 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
281 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M