Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€11,132M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€397M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,358M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€898M
GVA — construction (F)
€617M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,307M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€17,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
23,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€21,133M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,693M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€36,660M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,479M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€126M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,762M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,690M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
195,400
Self-employed persons
44,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
25,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
56.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
32.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
18.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
27.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.6%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
649 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
31
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
6
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
73
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
345,506
Population aged 65+
141,126
Population aged under 15
63,804
Median age of population
49.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.8%
Crude rate of total population change
-5.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.12
Population density (persons per km²)
226 /km²