NUTS-3 FRJ14 · France
Population
76,4092025
GDP
€2,374M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
8.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
72.1%2025
Active firms
22,9012026
Cadastral parcels
591,6402026
Area
5,174.4 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
FRJ14 · ITF21
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Lozère (Opportunity 31). Runner-up: Isernia (31). Contrarian pick: Isernia — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 68).
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Strengths
Demographic outlook (68) · Cost advantage (68)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Lozère
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 12) — Isernia may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Lozère 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
31.3
31.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
48.5
40.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
44.1
29.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
27.7
23.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
67.0
18.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
38.0
45.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.1% 5y
3.1% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
1.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.9% 5y
11.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€31,070
€27,393
Population density
15 /km²
51 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
7,743
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
300
FR-only
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,114M
€1,938M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€118M
€104M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€202M
€276M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€153M
€218M
GVA — construction (F)
€169M
€177M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€301M
€320M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,300
€18,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,400 PPS
28,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€30,900
€27,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€22,266M
€2,059M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,184M
€145M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€47,206M
€2,725M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€439M
€252M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€16M
€20M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€556M
€518M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€767M
€541M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,121M
€1,936M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€76,072
€74,897
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€548M
€573M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
31,800
29,400
Self-employed persons
6,400
8,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,300
3,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.3%
61.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
25.5%
39.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.7%
6.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
32,100
30,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,871
6,377
Enterprise births
604
497
Enterprise deaths
525
377
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
4.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.3%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
2.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.6%
0.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.6%
22.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.5%
27.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.5%
11.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.5%
16.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.9%
3.5%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.0%
91.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,221,194
91,647
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
767 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
224
1
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,526 kt
1,872 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
22 km/1000km²
8 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
293
1
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
112
85
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)
44,346
48,424
Population aged 65+
21,553
22,104
Population aged under 15
10,510
8,227
Median age of population
49.9 yrs
51.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.6%
45.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.8 /1k
-6.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.1 /1k
2.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.6 /1k
5.3 /1k
Crude death rate
12.5 /1k
14.2 /1k
Live births
501
422
Deaths
952
1,118
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
72.3%
62.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
1.04
Population density (persons per km²)
15 /km²
52 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
73,119
62,928
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
25.3%
22.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.0 yrs
82.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
20.5%
17.5%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
617 /100k
305 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
853 /100k
973 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
227 /100k
197 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
1.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.8 /100k
16.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
144 /100k
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Thefts per 100k inhabitants
706 /100k
396 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
66 /M
42 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.46
0.72
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.27
0.60
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
0.57
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.39
0.57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
0.41
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.159/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
806 m
652 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
22 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
54 days/yr
47 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
12 days/yr