NUTS-3 FRB04 · France
Population
622,6942025
GDP
€24,000M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.9%2025
Active firms
130,6962026
Cadastral parcels
921,5112026
Area
6,164.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRB04 · FRD11
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Indre-et-Loire (Opportunity 59). Runner-up: Calvados (54). Contrarian pick: Calvados — leads the set on Resilience (EU pctl 66).
Why you might not pick Indre-et-Loire
Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 18) — Calvados may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Indre-et-Loire 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
59.2
53.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
55.5
65.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
52.5
45.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
70.7
67.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
28.7
33.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
73.0
61.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
64.4
36.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.0% 5y
1.7% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
7.3% 5y
1.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€38,543
€36,307
Population density
101 /km²
128 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
1,480
1,014
Firms per 1k pop
210
227
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€21,421M
€23,187M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€337M
€334M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,823M
€3,121M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,990M
€2,584M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,379M
€1,486M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,129M
€4,373M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,500
€23,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,700 PPS
33,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,800
€36,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€20,283M
€11,208M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,604M
€1,469M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€46,136M
€26,527M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,090M
€3,765M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€645M
€426M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,272M
€7,045M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,480M
€6,829M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€21,279M
€23,078M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€89,860
€84,882
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,409M
€5,785M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
272,200
311,900
Self-employed persons
29,400
36,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,100
31,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.3%
76.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.0%
15.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.1%
6.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
289,900
330,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
42,099
49,803
Enterprise births
5,616
6,664
Enterprise deaths
4,394
5,038
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.2%
6.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
1.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.4%
2.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.0%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.4%
39.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
51.6%
50.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.2%
14.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.6%
26.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.0%
7.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.3%
90.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,043,497
7,710,116
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
631 /1k
—
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,483
2,896
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
12,136 kt
15,071 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
25 km/1000km²
16 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
399
405
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
208
176
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
377,505
431,671
Population aged 65+
146,668
172,387
Population aged under 15
98,521
111,423
Median age of population
43.6 yrs
44.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.9%
39.9%
Crude rate of total population change
2.5 /1k
3.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.3 /1k
6.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
8.1 /1k
Crude death rate
9.5 /1k
10.7 /1k
Live births
5,423
5,792
Deaths
5,881
7,637
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.9%
65.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.49
1.44
Population density (persons per km²)
102 /km²
128 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
607,389
689,236
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.1%
16.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.6 yrs
82.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.0%
12.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
555 /100k
557 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
862 /100k
894 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
228 /100k
230 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
53.0 /100k
29.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
560 /100k
297 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,869 /100k
1,296 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
66 /M
63 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.46
1.46
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.27
1.27
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
1.02
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.39
1.39
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
0.02
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.107/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
€0.053/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
98 m
45 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
14 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
23 days/yr
20 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr