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NUTS-3 BE345 · Belgium

Arr. Virton

Population

55,2442025

GDP

€1,315M2024

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

6.7%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

73%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

776.5 km²

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

Decision brief

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

Best overall fit: Arr. Neufchâteau (Opportunity 46). Runner-up: Arr. Virton (39). Contrarian pick: Arr. Virton — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 82).

#1Arr. Neufchâteau

Strengths

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

No red flags

#2Arr. Virton

Strengths

Air quality (96) · Demographic outlook (82)

Red flags

Economic base (EU bottom 15%)

Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)

Long-run slide: down 16 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. Virton may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Arr. Neufchâteau · Manufacturing → Arr. Neufchâteau · Office → Arr. Neufchâteau · Residential → Arr. Virton.

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

39.3

46.0

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

54.5

65.8

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

50.8

53.2

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

96.3

98.3

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

72.0

66.7

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

70.8

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

39.2

50.6

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

1.9% 5y

2.8% 5y

Population

0.4% 5y

0.9% 5y

Unemployment rate

5.7% 5y

4.2% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€23,806

€36,670

Population density

71 /km²

49 /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)

€1,190M

€2,212M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€26M

€62M

GVA — industry (B–E)

€234M

€243M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

€210M

€212M

GVA — construction (F)

€72M

€275M

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

€163M

€442M

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

€27,500

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

21,200 PPS

32,700 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

€23,800

€36,700

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)

€227M

€268M

GVA — information & communication (J)

€2M

€38M

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

€314M

€485M

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

€382M

€705M

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

€1,103M

€2,050M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

€97,581

€93,672

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

€356M

€661M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

13,900

26,900

Self-employed persons

2,900

5,200

Employment in manufacturing (C)

1,900

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)

6.6%

6.5%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

25,900

30,900

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)

230,691

871,758

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

523 /1k

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

172 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.

764

1,340

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).

1,383

2,011

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)

35,657

42,432

Population aged 65+

10,409

12,713

Population aged under 15

9,178

11,489

Median age of population

41.2 yrs

40.6 yrs

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

29.2%

30.0%

Crude rate of total population change

0.5 /1k

3.9 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

2.4 /1k

4.2 /1k

Crude birth rate

8.6 /1k

10.1 /1k

Crude death rate

10.4 /1k

10.5 /1k

Live births

476

671

Deaths

577

695

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

54.9%

57.0%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.43

1.61

Population density (persons per km²)

71 /km²

49 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

56,179

59,390

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

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

14.5 /100k

31.6 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

436 /100k

360 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

632 /100k

868 /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)

371 m

452 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

5 days/yr

3 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

60 days/yr

66 days/yr

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

7 days/yr

5 days/yr