Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,936M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€245M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,153M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,904M
GVA — construction (F)
€731M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,528M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,068M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,764M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€37,107M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,471M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€72M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,457M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,822M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
140,100
Self-employed persons
17,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
24.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
35.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.7%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,406
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
681
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
102
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
206,347
Population aged 65+
95,199
Population aged under 15
51,960
Median age of population
48.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.1%
Crude rate of total population change
-5.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
71.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.57
Population density (persons per km²)
60 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
331 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,105 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
51 /M