Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,718M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€346M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,919M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,054M
GVA — construction (F)
€592M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,958M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€7,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
23,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€4,369M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€531M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€8,535M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€558M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€281M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,146M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,757M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
266,080
Self-employed persons
82,460
Employment in manufacturing (C)
34,170
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
60.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
32.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
16.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
20.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
3.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
15.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.5%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
428 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
423
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
71
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
379,998
Population aged 65+
125,310
Population aged under 15
89,921
Median age of population
44.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-5.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.0 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
Population density (persons per km²)
82 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
88.2 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
172 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
111 /M