Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,747M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€514M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,374M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,908M
GVA — construction (F)
€596M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,825M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€19,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,147M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,531M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€16,889M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,112M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,325M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
234,200
Self-employed persons
48,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
51,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.6%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
632 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
45
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
8
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
49
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
342,302
Population aged 65+
118,813
Population aged under 15
77,367
Median age of population
44.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-7.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.18
Population density (persons per km²)
91 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
139 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
170 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
61 /M