Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,712M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€588M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,917M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,712M
GVA — construction (F)
€778M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,118M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€17,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€12,125M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,853M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€27,656M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,062M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,249M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
250,700
Self-employed persons
62,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
70,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.2%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
667 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
70
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
13
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
45
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
349,996
Population aged 65+
101,723
Population aged under 15
89,343
Median age of population
41.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.1%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.35
Population density (persons per km²)
92 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
66.0 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
128 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
62 /M