Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,659M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€73M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,058M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€800M
GVA — construction (F)
€646M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,129M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,523M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€941M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€22,375M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€868M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€44M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,836M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,917M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
74,600
Self-employed persons
15,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
65.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
22.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
47.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
15.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.1%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
497 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,114
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
989
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
47
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
134,272
Population aged 65+
43,472
Population aged under 15
36,016
Median age of population
41.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.4%
Crude rate of total population change
3.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.50
Population density (persons per km²)
184 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
51.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
401 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
969 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
51 /M