Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,231M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€395M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,124M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€985M
GVA — construction (F)
€366M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€817M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
18,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€12,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,453M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€756M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€9,982M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€576M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€952M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
136,200
Self-employed persons
26,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
30,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
10.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
40.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.9%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
599 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
64
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
17
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
84
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
237,227
Population aged 65+
85,886
Population aged under 15
50,466
Median age of population
45.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-10.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-3.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.04
Population density (persons per km²)
38 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
3.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
164 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
175 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
62 /M