Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€15,248M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€15M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,281M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,614M
GVA — construction (F)
€475M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,104M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
49,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€56,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€20,600M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,395M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€49,117M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,840M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,533M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
199,150
Self-employed persons
13,530
Employment in manufacturing (C)
27,270
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
4.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
38.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.1%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
639 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
815
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
271
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
64
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
202,262
Population aged 65+
58,990
Population aged under 15
39,853
Median age of population
41.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.2%
Crude rate of total population change
7.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.4 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
48.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.25
Population density (persons per km²)
2,041 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
51.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
235 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,296 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
39 /M