Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€17,389M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€796M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,097M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,709M
GVA — construction (F)
€877M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,986M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€21,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,600
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)
€2,329M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€252M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,359M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,275M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
228,300
Self-employed persons
21,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
28,200
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.
3,623
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
645
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
60
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
345,737
Population aged 65+
125,758
Population aged under 15
90,684
Median age of population
43.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.4%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
Population density (persons per km²)
92 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
56.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
328 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,688 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
54 /M