NUTS-3 FRJ26 · France
Population
232,0662025
GDP
€7,238M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.3%2025
Active firms
66,1132026
Cadastral parcels
665,5092026
Area
4,515.9 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
FRJ26 · FRL01
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (Opportunity 45). Runner-up: Hautes-Pyrénées (42). Contrarian pick: Hautes-Pyrénées — leads the set on Talent & skills (EU pctl 92).
Strengths
Energy cost (88) · Air quality (88)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 13) — Hautes-Pyrénées may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Alpes-de-Haute-Provence · Manufacturing → Hautes-Pyrénées · Office → Alpes-de-Haute-Provence · Residential → Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
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
41.8
45.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
54.8
61.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
56.9
58.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
67.3
87.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
31.7
45.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
91.8
75.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
34.4
48.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.8% 5y
1.7% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.0% 5y
2.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€31,188
€31,919
Population density
51 /km²
24 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
2,868
3,567
Firms per 1k pop
285
312
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,453M
€4,828M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€95M
€92M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€875M
€546M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€682M
€413M
GVA — construction (F)
€414M
€312M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,110M
€775M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,600
€25,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,600 PPS
29,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,000
€32,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€27,134M
€49,335M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,274M
€3,075M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€63,709M
€105,791M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,312M
€1,099M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€48M
€27M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,826M
€1,678M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,133M
€1,426M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,531M
€4,834M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€78,225
€79,831
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,614M
€1,245M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
94,300
69,100
Self-employed persons
15,000
12,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,200
5,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.9%
73.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.9%
22.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.5%
7.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
103,500
70,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
19,024
16,057
Enterprise births
2,228
1,953
Enterprise deaths
1,892
1,594
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.7%
5.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
4.1%
2.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.1%
4.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.7%
1.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.9%
42.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
56.4%
52.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
18.2%
13.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
33.7%
29.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.7%
9.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.4%
94.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,865,351
3,974,493
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
593 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,014
1,210
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,056 kt
2,124 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
14 km/1000km²
24 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
437
714
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
110
100
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
133,329
96,165
Population aged 65+
66,834
47,907
Population aged under 15
31,903
25,491
Median age of population
50.0 yrs
49.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
50.1%
49.8%
Crude rate of total population change
1.2 /1k
4.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.1 /1k
8.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
7.5 /1k
Crude death rate
13.0 /1k
12.0 /1k
Live births
1,665
1,276
Deaths
3,020
2,032
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
74.1%
76.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.50
1.60
Population density (persons per km²)
52 /km²
24 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
199,773
157,085
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.3%
20.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.7 yrs
83.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
18.9%
16.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
564 /100k
625 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
780 /100k
851 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
211 /100k
202 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
26.8 /100k
27.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
323 /100k
425 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,390 /100k
1,300 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
60 /M
56 /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)
470 m
1,194 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
25 days/yr
122 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
10 days/yr