Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,967M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€128M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,340M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,185M
GVA — construction (F)
€826M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,521M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€10,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
18,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€12,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,024M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,652M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€26,117M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€878M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,274M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
201,200
Self-employed persons
52,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
36,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
31.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.4%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
588 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
484
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
95
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
95
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
330,372
Population aged 65+
88,691
Population aged under 15
91,683
Median age of population
40.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.8%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.8 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
Population density (persons per km²)
146 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
57.4 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
99.8 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M