Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,646M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€148M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,952M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,654M
GVA — construction (F)
€672M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,435M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€16,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€26,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€6,367M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,605M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,558M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€659M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€220M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,801M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,639M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
158,130
Self-employed persons
31,690
Employment in manufacturing (C)
33,620
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
40.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
20.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.3%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
592 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
61
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
211,563
Population aged 65+
75,664
Population aged under 15
44,588
Median age of population
46.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.8%
Crude rate of total population change
3.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.5 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
Population density (persons per km²)
155 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
203 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
808 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
32 /M