Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,297M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€272M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,935M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,772M
GVA — construction (F)
€430M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,003M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
21,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,238M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,560M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€17,730M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€695M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€961M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
157,800
Self-employed persons
33,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
43,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
43.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.7%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
600 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
46
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
12
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
59
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
258,067
Population aged 65+
76,889
Population aged under 15
61,730
Median age of population
42.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.8%
Crude rate of total population change
-5.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.7 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.16
Population density (persons per km²)
99 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
196 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
195 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M