Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,294M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€139M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,128M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,742M
GVA — construction (F)
€608M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,405M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€16,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€6,367M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,605M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,558M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€491M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€102M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,007M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,007M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
129,370
Self-employed persons
27,780
Employment in manufacturing (C)
32,810
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
40.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
20.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.3%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
592 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
68
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
167,016
Population aged 65+
57,446
Population aged under 15
38,352
Median age of population
45.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.4%
Crude rate of total population change
3.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.2 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.63
Population density (persons per km²)
115 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
229 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
768 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
32 /M