NUTS-3 FRI13 · France
Population
442,1332025
GDP
€13,492M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.4%2025
Active firms
123,9622026
Cadastral parcels
975,6882026
Area
9,367.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRI13 · FRF34
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Landes (Opportunity 52). Runner-up: Vosges (51). Contrarian pick: Vosges — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 74).
#1Landes
Strengths
Energy cost (88) · Resilience (78)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 19 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
#2Vosges
Strengths
Energy cost (88) · Air quality (74)
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 Landes
Long-run slide: down 19 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 21) — Vosges may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Landes 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
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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
52.1
51.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
77.5
53.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
56.3
44.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
66.3
73.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
28.0
50.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
74.3
54.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
50.0
40.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.5% 5y
1.4% 5y
Population
1.1% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.1% 5y
2.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€30,515
€31,483
Population density
47 /km²
60 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
2,207
2,725
Firms per 1k pop
280
223
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€12,042M
€9,936M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€521M
€245M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,675M
€2,153M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,492M
€1,904M
GVA — construction (F)
€852M
€731M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,392M
€1,528M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,000
€22,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,500 PPS
28,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€30,900
€31,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€30,151M
€16,068M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,628M
€1,764M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€68,404M
€37,107M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,299M
€1,471M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€101M
€72M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,491M
€2,457M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,112M
€2,822M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€12,100M
€9,868M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€80,880
€80,962
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,046M
€2,494M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
170,000
140,100
Self-employed persons
27,600
17,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
18,300
22,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.0%
72.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.1%
24.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.7%
7.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
204,400
149,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
37,419
23,716
Enterprise births
4,824
2,848
Enterprise deaths
3,911
2,192
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
5.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.8%
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.2%
2.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.2%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
44.0%
35.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
53.3%
48.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
18.0%
10.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.7%
24.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.4%
6.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.6%
93.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
10,856,550
2,044,963
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
14,609 kt
10,331 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,007
2,774
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
21 km/1000km²
20 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
228
785
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
91
102
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)
256,823
206,347
Population aged 65+
120,065
95,199
Population aged under 15
65,245
51,960
Median age of population
48.9 yrs
48.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.8%
46.1%
Crude rate of total population change
9.5 /1k
-5.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
14.2 /1k
-0.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
7.5 /1k
Crude death rate
11.7 /1k
12.7 /1k
Live births
3,085
2,655
Deaths
5,148
4,509
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
72.2%
71.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.45
1.57
Population density (persons per km²)
48 /km²
60 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
384,013
283,985
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.6%
20.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.5 yrs
81.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.0%
15.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
545 /100k
566 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
807 /100k
946 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
222 /100k
240 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
1.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
35.4 /100k
23.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
389 /100k
331 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,343 /100k
1,105 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
57 /M
51 /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)
74 m
419 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
37 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
17 days/yr
60 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
4 days/yr