Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€13,410M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€871M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,307M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,116M
GVA — construction (F)
€757M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,045M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€21,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
26,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€13,339M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,885M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€30,350M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,068M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€65M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,335M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,095M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
175,400
Self-employed persons
18,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
20,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
28.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
35.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
38.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.0%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,851
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
743
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
91
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
309,732
Population aged 65+
117,697
Population aged under 15
91,154
Median age of population
43.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.72
Population density (persons per km²)
70 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
35.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
447 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,494 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
54 /M