Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,314M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€221M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,414M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,293M
GVA — construction (F)
€304M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€776M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€20,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,688M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,817M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€7,959M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€517M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€46M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€899M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€699M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
144,250
Self-employed persons
11,260
Employment in manufacturing (C)
56,010
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
23.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
23.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.5%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
473 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,227
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
410
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
74
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
196,361
Population aged 65+
59,762
Population aged under 15
43,139
Median age of population
44.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.4%
Crude rate of total population change
-8.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.8 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
Population density (persons per km²)
136 /km²