NUTS-3 FRI12 · France
Population
1,720,5622025
GDP
€73,052M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.4%2025
Active firms
465,3242026
Cadastral parcels
1,987,4132026
Area
10,088.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRI12 · FRG01
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Gironde (Opportunity 63). Runner-up: Loire-Atlantique (62). Contrarian pick: Loire-Atlantique — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 76).
Why you might not pick Gironde
Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 16) — Loire-Atlantique may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Gironde 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
62.5
61.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
69.8
69.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
57.1
55.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
52.0
75.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
66.3
32.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
74.3
72.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
56.8
51.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.9% 5y
2.0% 5y
Population
1.0% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.1% 5y
0.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€42,458
€42,396
Population density
171 /km²
218 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
1,155
1,040
Firms per 1k pop
270
213
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€65,236M
€57,247M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€862M
€568M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,751M
€7,262M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,664M
€5,651M
GVA — construction (F)
€3,990M
€3,672M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€14,197M
€13,266M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,000
€23,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
39,300 PPS
39,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,700
€42,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€30,151M
€32,580M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,628M
€4,197M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€68,404M
€79,082M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€9,368M
€7,791M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€3,728M
€4,589M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€21,049M
€18,985M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€17,388M
€13,495M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€65,515M
€57,518M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€90,805
€89,045
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€16,491M
€14,348M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
819,900
733,000
Self-employed persons
104,000
75,600
Employment in manufacturing (C)
55,600
74,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.0%
77.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.1%
16.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.7%
6.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
869,200
732,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
159,095
109,013
Enterprise births
22,987
15,002
Enterprise deaths
18,591
11,547
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.9%
6.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.8%
1.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.2%
3.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.2%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
44.0%
42.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
53.3%
54.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
18.0%
16.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.7%
26.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.4%
8.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.6%
94.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
13,070,458
8,335,347
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
611 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
9,445
6,383
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
34,047 kt
37,222 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
21 km/1000km²
23 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
549
423
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
11
226
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
1,092,091
949,836
Population aged 65+
359,182
301,089
Population aged under 15
269,289
259,674
Median age of population
42.0 yrs
40.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.9%
31.7%
Crude rate of total population change
8.6 /1k
7.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.3 /1k
6.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
9.7 /1k
Crude death rate
8.7 /1k
8.3 /1k
Live births
15,392
14,582
Deaths
14,868
12,467
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.5%
59.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
1.54
Population density (persons per km²)
173 /km²
220 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
2,185,090
1,828,155
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.6%
15.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.5 yrs
83.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.0%
11.5%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
545 /100k
450 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
807 /100k
799 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
222 /100k
223 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
92.5 /100k
78.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
573 /100k
609 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,502 /100k
2,104 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
57 /M
47 /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)
6 m
86 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
25 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
14 days/yr
13 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
4 days/yr