Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,754M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€176M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,629M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,484M
GVA — construction (F)
€879M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,770M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€9,890M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,527M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€19,341M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,076M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€91M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,440M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,860M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
95,800
Self-employed persons
20,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
49.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.9%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
545 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,726
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
659
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
31
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
5
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
163,594
Population aged 65+
59,301
Population aged under 15
38,866
Median age of population
45.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.2%
Crude rate of total population change
5.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
33.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
208 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
595 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
46 /M