NUTS-3 FRI15 · France
Population
717,4612025
GDP
€26,646M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.4%2025
Active firms
199,0292026
Cadastral parcels
1,107,4222026
Area
7,675.1 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
FRI15 · FRJ12
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Gard (Opportunity 57). Runner-up: Pyrénées-Atlantiques (55). Contrarian pick: Pyrénées-Atlantiques — leads the set on Talent & skills (EU pctl 74).
Why you might not pick Gard
Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 15) — Pyrénées-Atlantiques may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Gard · Manufacturing → Pyrénées-Atlantiques · Office → Pyrénées-Atlantiques · Residential → Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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
55.4
56.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
70.5
60.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
57.0
44.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
69.3
39.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
28.3
53.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
74.3
67.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
44.6
55.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.4% 5y
2.2% 5y
Population
0.9% 5y
0.8% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.4% 5y
0.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€37,139
€30,636
Population density
93 /km²
133 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
1,544
1,556
Firms per 1k pop
277
247
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€23,797M
€21,367M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€457M
€280M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,387M
€2,931M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,751M
€2,258M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,636M
€1,303M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,704M
€3,613M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,000
€22,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,600 PPS
28,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,600
€31,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€30,151M
€22,266M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,628M
€1,184M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€68,404M
€47,206M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€4,525M
€3,988M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€545M
€268M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,567M
€7,083M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,046M
€6,157M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€23,897M
€21,389M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€87,827
€86,890
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€6,015M
€5,523M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
309,200
280,800
Self-employed persons
48,900
46,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
30,100
22,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.0%
72.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.1%
25.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.7%
8.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
339,800
331,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
65,317
64,800
Enterprise births
8,014
8,563
Enterprise deaths
6,709
7,220
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.9%
5.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.8%
2.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.2%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.2%
1.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
44.0%
42.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
53.3%
48.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
18.0%
13.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.7%
28.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.4%
7.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.6%
93.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
7,226,999
6,008,123
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,551 kt
12,677 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,907
4,286
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
21 km/1000km²
22 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
405
549
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
171
50
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
427,004
459,009
Population aged 65+
187,015
197,082
Population aged under 15
103,442
125,347
Median age of population
47.3 yrs
46.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.8%
42.9%
Crude rate of total population change
7.6 /1k
6.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.7 /1k
8.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
8.4 /1k
Crude death rate
10.6 /1k
10.4 /1k
Live births
5,360
6,546
Deaths
7,558
8,108
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.0%
70.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
1.64
Population density (persons per km²)
93 /km²
135 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
696,301
731,197
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.6%
25.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.5 yrs
83.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.0%
20.5%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
545 /100k
617 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
807 /100k
853 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
222 /100k
227 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
37.8 /100k
57.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
354 /100k
499 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,406 /100k
1,585 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
57 /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)
354 m
72 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
57 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
28 days/yr
15 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
11 days/yr