Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,222M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€307M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€839M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€788M
GVA — construction (F)
€344M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,116M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€9,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€15,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€6,421M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,410M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€7,243M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€694M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€244M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,210M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,406M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
160,560
Self-employed persons
18,370
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,240
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
17.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
24.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
23.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.3%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
446 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,541
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
655
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
112
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
250,281
Population aged 65+
86,359
Population aged under 15
51,466
Median age of population
45.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.27
Population density (persons per km²)
93 /km²