Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€24,399M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€49M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€8,467M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€8,219M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,065M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,562M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€57,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€37,409M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€9,284M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€83,324M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,565M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€483M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,244M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,013M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
201,710
Self-employed persons
14,650
Employment in manufacturing (C)
25,460
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
84.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
58.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
64.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
35.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
39.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.8%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
416 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,906
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
608
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
39
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
283,582
Population aged 65+
115,880
Population aged under 15
78,755
Median age of population
47.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.9%
Crude rate of total population change
4.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.8 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.73
Population density (persons per km²)
354 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
570 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,882 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
12 /M