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NUTS-3 DE248 · Germany
Forchheim
Population
116,1842025
GDP
€4,641M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
641.5 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
51.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
42.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
67.8
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
78.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
31.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
39.6

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€39,943
Population density
181 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only

All indicators · 64 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,239M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€54M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,804M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,682M
GVA — construction (F)
€219M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€534M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,094M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,882M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€27,035M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€889M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€739M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
47,160
Self-employed persons
5,160
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,930
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.6%
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,287
Enterprise births
313
Enterprise deaths
335
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.2%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
48
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
428 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
34.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
384,287
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
671 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
951
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
819
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
27
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
72,987
Population aged 65+
26,342
Population aged under 15
16,855
Median age of population
47.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.1%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
Live births
909
Deaths
1,332
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
Population density (persons per km²)
181 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.8 yrs
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,117 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
230 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
78.3 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
531 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
37 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
285 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
70 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr