Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€14,072M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€471M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,277M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,142M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,335M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,730M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€44,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€47,953M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,533M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€103,312M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,353M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€495M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,500M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,672M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
164,800
Self-employed persons
33,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
84.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
56.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
33.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.2%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
440 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
897
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
255
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
220,377
Population aged 65+
73,906
Population aged under 15
57,563
Median age of population
42.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.5%
Crude rate of total population change
9.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.0 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.77
Population density (persons per km²)
708 /km²