Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,000M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€486M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,297M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,111M
GVA — construction (F)
€369M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,895M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€14,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€20,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€3,139M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€831M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€7,446M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€800M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€90M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,396M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,101M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
162,230
Self-employed persons
31,640
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,590
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
28.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
40.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.7%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
153
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
39
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
61
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
249,046
Population aged 65+
95,714
Population aged under 15
50,714
Median age of population
46.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.4%
Crude rate of total population change
18.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
21.4 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
Population density (persons per km²)
178 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
44.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
136 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
549 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
86 /M