Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,961M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€256M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,503M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,309M
GVA — construction (F)
€324M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€957M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€9,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€16,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,071M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,159M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,134M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€590M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€40M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€955M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€966M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
141,610
Self-employed persons
28,420
Employment in manufacturing (C)
40,990
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
66.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
24.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
19.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
20.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.9%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
433 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
58
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
18
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
49
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
207,576
Population aged 65+
71,514
Population aged under 15
46,170
Median age of population
45.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
Population density (persons per km²)
52 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
107 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
149 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
72 /M