Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,773M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€98M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€871M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€684M
GVA — construction (F)
€399M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,959M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€6,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€15,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€1,591M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€277M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€4,059M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€519M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€218M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,276M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,169M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
224,150
Self-employed persons
53,410
Employment in manufacturing (C)
24,710
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
75.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
14.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
39.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.0%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
472 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
16
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
279,200
Population aged 65+
94,625
Population aged under 15
63,696
Median age of population
45.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.9%
Crude rate of total population change
7.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
12.8 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.55
Population density (persons per km²)
115 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
22.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
38.7 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
646 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
83 /M