Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,764M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€135M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€902M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€719M
GVA — construction (F)
€421M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,434M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€9,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,950M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€880M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€11,679M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€594M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€40M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€914M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€957M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
131,490
Self-employed persons
11,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
31,790
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
64.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
31.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
19.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
17.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.1%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
476 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
64
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
18
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
92
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
222,856
Population aged 65+
83,666
Population aged under 15
44,731
Median age of population
49.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-10.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.9 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
Population density (persons per km²)
50 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
145 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
433 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
68 /M