Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,453M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,238M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,590M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,145M
GVA — construction (F)
€497M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,449M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€19,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
40,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€9,383M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,967M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€22,292M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,233M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,446M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
108,900
Self-employed persons
20,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
24.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
49.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
15.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.7%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
499 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
62
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
27
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
99
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
147,400
Population aged 65+
53,494
Population aged under 15
29,193
Median age of population
47.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.3%
Crude rate of total population change
6.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.0 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.25
Population density (persons per km²)
15 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
56.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
302 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
237 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
53 /M