Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,640M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€126M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,957M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,753M
GVA — construction (F)
€808M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,800M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€13,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€23,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,004M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,831M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€39,066M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€856M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€262M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,780M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,588M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
212,550
Self-employed persons
31,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
50,910
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
29.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
15.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.5%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,888
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
436
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
43
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
285,820
Population aged 65+
92,452
Population aged under 15
54,767
Median age of population
46.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.3%
Crude rate of total population change
7.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.0 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.27
Population density (persons per km²)
350 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
35.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
114 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
527 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M