Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€12,904M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€189M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,369M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,747M
GVA — construction (F)
€725M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,609M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
40,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€44,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€18,145M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€5,057M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€52,413M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,861M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,151M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
174,170
Self-employed persons
13,450
Employment in manufacturing (C)
33,660
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
33.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.3%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
632 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,027
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
642
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
12
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
204,634
Population aged 65+
64,877
Population aged under 15
46,401
Median age of population
43.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.7%
Crude rate of total population change
1.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.2 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
Population density (persons per km²)
255 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
44.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
229 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,373 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
38 /M