Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,441M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€101M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€729M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€653M
GVA — construction (F)
€317M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€963M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€10,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
17,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€11,600
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)
€556M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€774M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
121,200
Self-employed persons
30,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,600
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.
526
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
165
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
66
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
206,576
Population aged 65+
58,966
Population aged under 15
52,918
Median age of population
41.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.0 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
Population density (persons per km²)
122 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
90.3 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
176 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M