Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,901M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€197M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,149M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€368M
GVA — construction (F)
€468M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,430M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€18,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
26,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€2,012M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€50M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€6,578M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€998M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€436M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,276M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,382M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
150,800
Self-employed persons
21,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
65.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
37.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
28.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
40.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.7%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
495 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,024
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
248
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
17
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
249,146
Population aged 65+
98,383
Population aged under 15
66,262
Median age of population
47.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.4 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.80
Population density (persons per km²)
247 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
6.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
259 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
392 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,902 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
131 /M