NUTS-3 FRF23 · France
Population
558,7502025
GDP
€25,174M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
73.1%2025
Active firms
141,0842026
Cadastral parcels
1,012,4152026
Area
8,193.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRF23 · FRB06
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Loiret (Opportunity 66). Runner-up: Marne (62). Contrarian pick: Marne — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 93).
#1Loiret
Strengths
Energy cost (88) · Demographic outlook (76)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 17 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Loiret
Long-run slide: down 17 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 35) — Marne may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Marne · Manufacturing → Loiret · Office → Loiret · Residential → Loiret.
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
61.9
66.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
54.3
61.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
39.3
52.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
54.3
69.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
35.7
46.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
44.0
73.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
60.4
54.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.3% 5y
1.6% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
9.8% 5y
7.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€45,054
€38,671
Population density
68 /km²
102 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
1,812
1,216
Firms per 1k pop
252
184
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€22,459M
€24,008M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€2,672M
€307M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,311M
€4,894M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,832M
€3,807M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,133M
€1,484M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,743M
€4,441M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,400
€23,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
41,100 PPS
35,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€44,600
€38,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€11,131M
€20,283M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,531M
€2,604M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€22,820M
€46,136M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,632M
€3,507M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€258M
€548M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,086M
€6,896M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,513M
€5,986M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€22,066M
€23,827M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€100,612
€92,906
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,733M
€6,056M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
255,000
294,800
Self-employed persons
27,600
26,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,200
34,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.4%
76.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.6%
18.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.0%
6.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
250,600
322,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
35,608
40,649
Enterprise births
4,802
5,601
Enterprise deaths
3,684
4,391
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.2%
6.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.6%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
1.5%
4.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
33.8%
41.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.0%
51.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.6%
16.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.3%
26.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.6%
9.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.3%
94.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,232,687
1,794,749
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.
1,617
2,747
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
32,481 kt
20,794 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
21 km/1000km²
25 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
289
395
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
129
90
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)
345,827
420,315
Population aged 65+
122,990
151,896
Population aged under 15
89,933
122,719
Median age of population
42.3 yrs
42.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.6%
36.1%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.9 /1k
2.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-3.4 /1k
2.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.2 /1k
10.0 /1k
Crude death rate
9.7 /1k
9.7 /1k
Live births
5,146
6,960
Deaths
5,419
6,716
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.6%
65.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
1.77
Population density (persons per km²)
69 /km²
103 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
548,897
704,539
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
22.9%
15.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.8 yrs
82.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.9%
11.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
558 /100k
555 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
930 /100k
862 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
228 /100k
228 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
62.8 /100k
51.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
505 /100k
407 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,911 /100k
1,350 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
80 /M
66 /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)
112 m
143 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
12 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
38 days/yr
29 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr