NUTS-3 BE341 · Belgium
Population
66,8662025
GDP
€2,077M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
73%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
321.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
BE341 · BE344
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Arr. Neufchâteau (Opportunity 46). Runner-up: Arr. Arlon (40). Contrarian pick: Arr. Arlon — leads the set on Connectivity (EU pctl 77).
Strengths
Connectivity (77) · Talent & skills (71)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 34 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Arr. Neufchâteau
Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 17) — Arr. Arlon may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Arr. Neufchâteau leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
Phase-2 diligence checklist
- Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
- Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
- Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
- Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics
This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
39.9
46.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
61.0
65.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
37.6
53.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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98.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
77.0
66.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
70.8
70.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
45.8
50.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.6% 5y
2.8% 5y
Population
1.0% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.6% 5y
4.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€31,066
€36,670
Population density
208 /km²
49 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 85 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,880M
€2,212M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€12M
€62M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€238M
€243M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€204M
€212M
GVA — construction (F)
€75M
€275M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€377M
€442M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,500
€27,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,800 PPS
32,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,200
€36,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€2,495M
€2,495M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€243M
€243M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€4,990M
€4,990M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€328M
€268M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€9M
€38M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€467M
€485M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€712M
€705M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,742M
€2,050M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€104,020
€93,672
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€562M
€661M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
20,600
26,900
Self-employed persons
2,100
5,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
1,900
1,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.8%
72.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.3%
15.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.7%
6.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
32,900
30,900
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.6%
0.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.9%
3.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.1%
0.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
43.6%
43.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.4%
46.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.9%
14.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.4%
27.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.3%
9.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.7%
93.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
118,922
871,758
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
523 /1k
523 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
498 kt
1,714 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
586
1,340
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
35 km/1000km²
35 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
876
2,011
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
32
73
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
45,259
42,432
Population aged 65+
10,580
12,713
Population aged under 15
11,027
11,489
Median age of population
39.5 yrs
40.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
23.4%
30.0%
Crude rate of total population change
7.7 /1k
3.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.8 /1k
4.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
10.1 /1k
10.1 /1k
Crude death rate
8.2 /1k
10.5 /1k
Live births
670
671
Deaths
547
695
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
47.7%
57.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
1.61
Population density (persons per km²)
209 /km²
49 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
61,126
59,390
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.4%
15.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.6 yrs
80.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.9%
11.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
390 /100k
390 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,045 /100k
1,045 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
235 /100k
235 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
66.3 /100k
31.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
506 /100k
360 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,180 /100k
868 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
93 /M
93 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.31
1.31
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.41
1.41
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.34
1.34
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
1.58
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.25
0.25
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.130/kWh
€0.130/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.046/kWh
€0.046/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
372 m
452 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
59 days/yr
66 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
5 days/yr