Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,893M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€408M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,998M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,357M
GVA — construction (F)
€587M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,847M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€29,132M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,692M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€55,013M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,594M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,460M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
105,280
Self-employed persons
10,770
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,260
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
35.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
39.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.1%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
584 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,757
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
794
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
33
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
137,046
Population aged 65+
52,622
Population aged under 15
31,534
Median age of population
47.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.4%
Crude rate of total population change
2.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.7 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
Population density (persons per km²)
112 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
33.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
275 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,018 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M