Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€15,705M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€83M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,929M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,559M
GVA — construction (F)
€558M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,034M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
37,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€29,556M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,134M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€86,336M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,036M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,065M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
211,540
Self-employed persons
15,790
Employment in manufacturing (C)
75,390
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
27.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.2%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
603 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,924
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
962
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
29
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
5
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
255,640
Population aged 65+
95,466
Population aged under 15
56,940
Median age of population
47.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
Population density (persons per km²)
386 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
36.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
255 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,122 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
23 /M