Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,119M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€230M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€520M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€468M
GVA — construction (F)
€250M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€680M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€7,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
14,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€8,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,628M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€620M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,735M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€484M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€35M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€657M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€782M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
156,790
Self-employed persons
67,090
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,860
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
65.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
13.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
19.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
13.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.8%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
344 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
22
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
6
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
35
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
254,724
Population aged 65+
72,038
Population aged under 15
61,529
Median age of population
42.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.3 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
Population density (persons per km²)
79 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
75.4 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
169 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
87 /M