Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€12,920M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€461M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,009M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,270M
GVA — construction (F)
€759M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,266M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
37,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€43,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€6,262M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€616M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€13,205M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€972M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€300M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,251M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,881M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
166,600
Self-employed persons
32,600
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
85.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
24.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.5%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
545 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,253
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
380
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
51
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
207,386
Population aged 65+
73,953
Population aged under 15
48,634
Median age of population
43.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.7%
Crude rate of total population change
3.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.5 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
Population density (persons per km²)
231 /km²