Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€14,693M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€374M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,300M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,033M
GVA — construction (F)
€794M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,017M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,628M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,666M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€31,119M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,982M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€206M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,647M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,562M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
181,900
Self-employed persons
20,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
40.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.6%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,893
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
662
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
218
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
265,018
Population aged 65+
105,097
Population aged under 15
67,177
Median age of population
44.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.6 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
Population density (persons per km²)
62 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
43.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
505 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,435 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
68 /M