Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,466M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€158M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,503M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,016M
GVA — construction (F)
€401M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,180M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,200
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)
€893M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,332M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
72,150
Self-employed persons
6,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,600
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.
1,399
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
806
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
43
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
100,280
Population aged 65+
52,223
Population aged under 15
21,181
Median age of population
52.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
52.1%
Crude rate of total population change
-8.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.8 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
73.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.50
Population density (persons per km²)
124 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
37.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
381 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,229 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
52 /M