Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,956M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€634M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,089M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,655M
GVA — construction (F)
€754M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,267M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,600
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)
€2,535M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,677M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
152,550
Self-employed persons
14,070
Employment in manufacturing (C)
18,920
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.
2,121
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
659
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
5
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
5
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
206,663
Population aged 65+
70,912
Population aged under 15
44,443
Median age of population
45.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.3%
Crude rate of total population change
6.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.5 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.35
Population density (persons per km²)
266 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
34.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
363 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,427 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
22 /M