Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,207M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€238M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,788M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,439M
GVA — construction (F)
€415M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,933M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€14,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€23,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,092M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,154M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€16,948M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€883M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€252M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,758M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,399M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
193,990
Self-employed persons
30,910
Employment in manufacturing (C)
28,770
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
33.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
17.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.4%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,554
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
343
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
118
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
273,433
Population aged 65+
128,343
Population aged under 15
50,783
Median age of population
50.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.9%
Crude rate of total population change
12.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
18.4 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
Population density (persons per km²)
105 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
45.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
138 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
508 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
80 /M