Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€19,129M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€120M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,787M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,998M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,612M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,607M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
43,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€47,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€66,409M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€8,444M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€150,675M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,530M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€240M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,777M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,227M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
239,400
Self-employed persons
33,600
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
16.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
49.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
60.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
17.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
34.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.9%
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,393
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
528
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
85
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
278,192
Population aged 65+
103,081
Population aged under 15
71,571
Median age of population
44.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.1%
Crude rate of total population change
5.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.7 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
Population density (persons per km²)
73 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
31.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
452 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,739 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M