Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,056M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€52M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,369M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,203M
GVA — construction (F)
€615M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,136M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€43,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,735M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,639M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€19,975M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,284M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€200M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,799M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,085M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
113,680
Self-employed persons
6,860
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,340
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
35.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
29.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.3%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
502 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,337
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
509
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
37
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
163,544
Population aged 65+
54,981
Population aged under 15
44,295
Median age of population
44.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.6%
Crude rate of total population change
11.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.69
Population density (persons per km²)
330 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
333 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,375 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M