Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€12,843M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€278M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,939M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,648M
GVA — construction (F)
€790M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,241M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€14,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,387M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,699M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€13,243M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,496M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€287M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,309M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,285M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
279,400
Self-employed persons
31,620
Employment in manufacturing (C)
100,310
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
10.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
24.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.3%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
548 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,810
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
313
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
65
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
363,508
Population aged 65+
129,336
Population aged under 15
86,154
Median age of population
45.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.2 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
Population density (persons per km²)
148 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
104 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
162 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
31 /M