Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€14,360M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€395M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,734M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,350M
GVA — construction (F)
€662M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,382M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€9,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
39,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€23,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,950M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€880M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€11,679M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€682M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,301M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,847M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,340M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
316,090
Self-employed persons
26,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
99,820
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
64.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
31.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
19.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
17.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.1%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
476 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
967
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
145
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
27
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
436,278
Population aged 65+
126,363
Population aged under 15
104,584
Median age of population
42.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.0%
Crude rate of total population change
5.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.4 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.29
Population density (persons per km²)
77 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
200 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
543 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
68 /M