Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,811M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€110M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,294M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,994M
GVA — construction (F)
€705M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,900M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,000
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)
€2,221M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,581M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
114,790
Self-employed persons
11,630
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,990
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.
1,146
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
436
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
53
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
164,681
Population aged 65+
57,400
Population aged under 15
40,730
Median age of population
45.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.9%
Crude rate of total population change
4.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
Population density (persons per km²)
245 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
133 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
446 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
39 /M