Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,816M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€346M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,487M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,319M
GVA — construction (F)
€545M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,903M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€9,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,500
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)
€501M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€187M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€981M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,554M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
188,020
Self-employed persons
29,020
Employment in manufacturing (C)
41,750
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.
75
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
14
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
74
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
331,382
Population aged 65+
104,262
Population aged under 15
83,930
Median age of population
43.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.55
Population density (persons per km²)
78 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
172 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
372 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
72 /M