NUTS-3 DEF06 · Germany
Population
206,2352025
GDP
€5,820M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,263.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEF06 · DEA28
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Euskirchen (Opportunity 63). Runner-up: Herzogtum Lauenburg (51). Contrarian pick: Herzogtum Lauenburg — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 81).
Strengths
Air quality (81) · Connectivity (68)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (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 Euskirchen
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 15) — Herzogtum Lauenburg may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Euskirchen 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
51.4
62.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
59.0
74.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
61.5
64.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
81.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
68.0
80.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
35.5
70.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
46.0
50.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.1% 5y
0.0% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.7% 5y
3.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€28,222
€33,434
Population density
163 /km²
162 /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)
€5,316M
€6,187M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€105M
€120M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,068M
€1,234M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€771M
€975M
GVA — construction (F)
€352M
€487M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€942M
€1,172M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,800
€28,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,300 PPS
30,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,400
€33,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€27,063M
€34,670M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,460M
€6,008M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€61,661M
€125,036M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,452M
€1,409M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,397M
€1,766M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,821M
€5,788M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,293
€83,962
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,307M
€1,034M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
74,060
85,330
Self-employed persons
8,710
8,150
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,380
12,140
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.3%
78.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.0%
6.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
3.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
107,400
103,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,179
7,566
Enterprise births
641
683
Enterprise deaths
664
701
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
3.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.5%
4.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.0%
6.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
2.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
38.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.4%
46.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
11.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.5%
27.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.6%
10.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
583,267
691,848
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
593 /1k
585 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,445 kt
7,976 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,522
2,228
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
738
1,100
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
35 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
45
50
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
127,875
126,837
Population aged 65+
48,101
47,216
Population aged under 15
30,259
28,556
Median age of population
47.2 yrs
47.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.6%
37.2%
Crude rate of total population change
3.8 /1k
3.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.9 /1k
8.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
8.1 /1k
Crude death rate
12.8 /1k
12.4 /1k
Live births
1,603
1,642
Deaths
2,640
2,514
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.3%
59.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
1.51
Population density (persons per km²)
168 /km²
163 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
171,350
149,850
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.9%
23.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.8 yrs
81.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.8%
17.0%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,015 /100k
1,020 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
251 /100k
240 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
1.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
22.4 /100k
34.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
258 /100k
290 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
837 /100k
1,082 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
29 /M
27 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
21 m
367 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
52 days/yr
58 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr