Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,710M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€290M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€616M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€508M
GVA — construction (F)
€215M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€577M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€10,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
17,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€11,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€3,635M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€684M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€7,205M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€390M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€622M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
99,800
Self-employed persons
20,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
71.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
17.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
33.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
5.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.9%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
597 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
472
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
186
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
147
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
164,238
Population aged 65+
52,886
Population aged under 15
36,947
Median age of population
43.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-7.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-3.0 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.16
Population density (persons per km²)
44 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
160 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
162 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
63 /M