Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,763M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€171M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,123M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€616M
GVA — construction (F)
€490M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,285M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
26,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€27,134M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,274M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€63,709M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,111M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€128M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,843M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,851M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
100,400
Self-employed persons
15,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
56.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
18.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
33.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.7%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
724
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
271
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
53
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
157,814
Population aged 65+
63,882
Population aged under 15
45,470
Median age of population
45.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.5%
Crude rate of total population change
2.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.8 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
69.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.70
Population density (persons per km²)
72 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
22.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
507 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,098 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
60 /M