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NUTS-3 BE344 · Belgium

Arr. Neufchâteau

Population

66,6342025

GDP

€2,444M2024

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

6.7%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

73%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

1,352.4 km²

NUTS-3 BE343 · Belgium

Arr. Marche-en-Famenne

Population

58,8242025

GDP

€2,336M2024

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

6.7%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

73%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

964.2 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Arr. Neufchâteau (Opportunity 46). Runner-up: Arr. Marche-en-Famenne (45). Contrarian pick: Arr. Marche-en-Famenne — leads the set on Connectivity (EU pctl 69).

#1Arr. Neufchâteau

Strengths

Air quality (98) · Talent & skills (71)

No red flags

#2Arr. Marche-en-Famenne

Strengths

Talent & skills (71) · Connectivity (69)

Red flags

Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)

Why you might not pick Arr. Neufchâteau

Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 17) — Arr. Marche-en-Famenne 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

46.0

45.0

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

65.8

49.3

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

53.2

40.6

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

98.3

—

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

66.7

69.3

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

70.8

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

50.6

48.4

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

2.8% 5y

3.4% 5y

Population

0.9% 5y

0.4% 5y

Unemployment rate

4.2% 5y

5.7% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€36,670

€39,719

Population density

49 /km²

61 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 85 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

€2,212M

€2,115M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€62M

€44M

GVA — industry (B–E)

€243M

€191M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

€212M

€141M

GVA — construction (F)

€275M

€193M

GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)

€442M

€387M

Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

€27,500

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

32,700 PPS

35,400 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

€36,700

€39,700

Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2

€2,495M

Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2

€243M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

€4,990M

GVA — real estate activities (L)

€268M

€252M

GVA — information & communication (J)

€38M

€13M

GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)

€485M

€493M

GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)

€705M

€807M

Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)

€2,050M

€1,960M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

€93,672

€96,005

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

€661M

€632M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

26,900

25,100

Self-employed persons

5,200

4,700

Employment in manufacturing (C)

1,900

1,700

Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

72.8%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

15.3%

Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)

6.5%

6.6%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

30,900

27,100

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

0.6%

Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2

3.9%

R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2

0.1%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

43.6%

Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2

46.4%

Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2

14.9%

Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2

27.4%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

9.3%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

93.7%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

871,758

896,832

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

523 /1k

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

1,714 kt

1,028 kt

Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.

1,340

1,080

Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2

35 km/1000km²

Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).

2,011

1,836

Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.

Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

42,432

37,191

Population aged 65+

12,713

12,369

Population aged under 15

11,489

9,264

Median age of population

40.6 yrs

42.8 yrs

Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)

30.0%

33.3%

Crude rate of total population change

3.9 /1k

-0.4 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

4.2 /1k

1.7 /1k

Crude birth rate

10.1 /1k

8.9 /1k

Crude death rate

10.5 /1k

10.9 /1k

Live births

671

522

Deaths

695

644

Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)

57.0%

58.2%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.61

1.49

Population density (persons per km²)

49 /km²

61 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

59,390

47,263

Social

At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2

15.4%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

80.6 yrs

At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2

11.9%

Health

Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2

390 /100k

Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2

1,045 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

235 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

0.0 /100k

5.1 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

31.6 /100k

20.4 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

360 /100k

454 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

868 /100k

981 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

93 /M

Governance & institutions

Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.31

Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.41

Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.34

Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.58

Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)

0.25

Energy

Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.130/kWh

Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.046/kWh

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

452 m

296 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

3 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

66 days/yr

52 days/yr

Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)

5 days/yr

4 days/yr