Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,529M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€90M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,245M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,137M
GVA — construction (F)
€82M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€480M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
20,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€12,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€9,359M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€686M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€21,611M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€255M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€21M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€319M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€313M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
97,620
Self-employed persons
26,810
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,540
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
44.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
5.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.7%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
525 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
29
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
13
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
46
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
138,452
Population aged 65+
54,464
Population aged under 15
31,785
Median age of population
47.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-7.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.89
Population density (persons per km²)
32 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
24.3 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
271 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
40 /M