NUTS-3 FRF22 · France
Population
308,7342025
GDP
€10,679M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
73.1%2025
Active firms
67,2752026
Cadastral parcels
675,7152026
Area
6,022.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRF22 · NO071
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Aube (Opportunity 55). Runner-up: Nordland/Nordlánnda (42). Contrarian pick: Nordland/Nordlánnda — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 100).
#1Aube
Strengths
Energy cost (88) · Air quality (85)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 14 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Aube
Long-run slide: down 14 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 18) — Nordland/Nordlánnda may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Aube 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
54.9
41.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
56.0
66.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
43.9
69.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
85.0
62.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
38.0
50.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
44.0
72.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
59.6
24.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.0% 5y
2.6% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
9.8% 5y
0.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€34,589
€53,001
Population density
51 /km²
6 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
2,189
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
218
FR-only
All indicators · 90 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,518M
€11,628M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,104M
€1,269M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,764M
—
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,147M
€999M
GVA — construction (F)
€535M
€875M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,522M
€1,605M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,400
€26,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,400 PPS
38,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,100
€53,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€11,131M
€7,085M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,531M
€357M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€22,820M
€12,839M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,297M
€872M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€87M
€191M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,201M
€1,720M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,392M
€4,006M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,361M
€15,042M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€92,624
€108,822
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,432M
€4,355M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
117,500
123,000
Self-employed persons
14,000
—
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,000
10,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.4%
80.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.6%
—
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.0%
3.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
133,600
127,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
18,274
—
Enterprise births
2,407
—
Enterprise deaths
1,874
—
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
—
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.6%
1.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
1.5%
2.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
33.8%
43.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.0%
46.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.6%
20.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.3%
26.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.6%
9.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.3%
98.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,117,470
2,770,189
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
538 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
14,555 kt
11,829 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,373
4,092
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
21 km/1000km²
0 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
445
1,680
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
144
56
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
184,376
151,765
Population aged 65+
72,491
55,117
Population aged under 15
51,867
36,700
Median age of population
43.7 yrs
43.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.3%
36.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.3 /1k
2.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.6 /1k
3.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
8.5 /1k
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
9.7 /1k
Live births
2,594
2,067
Deaths
3,431
2,359
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.4%
60.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.56
1.42
Population density (persons per km²)
52 /km²
7 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
307,871
290,566
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
22.9%
20.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.8 yrs
82.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.9%
15.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
558 /100k
414 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
930 /100k
866 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
228 /100k
216 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
1.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
32.9 /100k
4.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
482 /100k
—
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,615 /100k
861 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
80 /M
33 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.46
1.82
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.27
1.57
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
1.94
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.39
2.03
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
0.92
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.064/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
—
Housing market
Dwelling price per m² (NOK, all types, Statistics Norway)
—
34,152 NOK/m²
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
146 m
940 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
14 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
35 days/yr
246 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
15 days/yr