Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,010M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€184M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,783M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,340M
GVA — construction (F)
€755M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,676M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€19,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,200M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,104M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€15,474M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€139M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€312M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,073M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,540M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
262,510
Self-employed persons
36,470
Employment in manufacturing (C)
84,690
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
25.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.7%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
528 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
21
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
4
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
88
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
367,478
Population aged 65+
118,790
Population aged under 15
79,304
Median age of population
45.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.2 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.15
Population density (persons per km²)
126 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
3.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
54.4 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
83.8 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
66 /M