Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,384M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€3M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€813M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€446M
GVA — construction (F)
€440M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,602M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,800
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
€15,488M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,294M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€40,875M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,985M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,542M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
127,700
Self-employed persons
7,480
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,740
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
25.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
28.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.5%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
573 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
803
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
354
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
19
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
141,518
Population aged 65+
55,561
Population aged under 15
29,688
Median age of population
43.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.26
Population density (persons per km²)
1,696 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
167 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
1,114 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,386 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
52 /M