Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€18,508M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€7M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,994M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,224M
GVA — construction (F)
€670M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,490M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€40,936M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€5,526M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€145,544M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,653M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,693M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
231,870
Self-employed persons
14,560
Employment in manufacturing (C)
34,050
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.7%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
567 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,569
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
312
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
17
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
6
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
324,014
Population aged 65+
102,578
Population aged under 15
75,678
Median age of population
43.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.1 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
Population density (persons per km²)
2,349 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
93.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
813 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,122 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
22 /M