Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,671M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€23M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,292M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,254M
GVA — construction (F)
€541M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,431M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€41,901M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,039M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€104,822M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€700M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€92M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,540M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,459M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
78,600
Self-employed persons
16,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
86.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
52.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
62.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
27.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
36.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.0%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
428 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
415
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
232
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
19
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
116,259
Population aged 65+
34,556
Population aged under 15
28,434
Median age of population
42.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.7%
Crude rate of total population change
7.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.0 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
Population density (persons per km²)
1,464 /km²