Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€16,323M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€491M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,952M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,311M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,613M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,125M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
42,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€47,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€20,727M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,530M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€59,763M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,244M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,899M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
218,800
Self-employed persons
17,460
Employment in manufacturing (C)
50,220
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
4.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.7%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
590 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,892
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
497
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.
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
243,796
Population aged 65+
78,461
Population aged under 15
58,539
Median age of population
44.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.2%
Crude rate of total population change
2.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.57
Population density (persons per km²)
268 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
30.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
229 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,063 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M