Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€19,635M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€875M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,473M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,767M
GVA — construction (F)
€842M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,779M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
41,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€48,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€4,106M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€407M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€8,408M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,493M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€572M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,898M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,783M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
204,800
Self-employed persons
41,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
86.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
25.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
12.4%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
910 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
858
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
188
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
55
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
302,509
Population aged 65+
72,677
Population aged under 15
81,209
Median age of population
39.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
24.0%
Crude rate of total population change
12.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.2 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
50.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.58
Population density (persons per km²)
316 /km²