Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€12,932M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€459M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,496M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,919M
GVA — construction (F)
€650M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,288M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€14,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€25,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,892M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,856M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€16,475M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,521M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€360M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,502M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,537M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
260,240
Self-employed persons
24,110
Employment in manufacturing (C)
80,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
12.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
23.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
31.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
15.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.2%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
599 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,548
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
458
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
45
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
346,214
Population aged 65+
126,020
Population aged under 15
83,689
Median age of population
45.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.4%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
Population density (persons per km²)
119 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
128 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
200 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
44 /M