Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,465M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€173M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,828M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,659M
GVA — construction (F)
€602M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,476M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
23,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€15,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,003M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,337M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€25,600M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,014M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,370M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
195,100
Self-employed persons
37,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
41,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
44.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
50.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.9%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
640 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,404
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
279
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
86
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
319,246
Population aged 65+
121,393
Population aged under 15
63,280
Median age of population
46.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-9.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.1 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.93
Population density (persons per km²)
91 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
356 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
479 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
52 /M