NUTS-3 FRK12 · France
Population
143,8432025
GDP
€4,215M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77%2025
Active firms
38,7152026
Cadastral parcels
625,8802026
Area
5,778.8 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
FRK12 · ES419
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Zamora (Opportunity 37). Runner-up: Cantal (34). Contrarian pick: Cantal — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 94).
#1Zamora
Strengths
Energy cost (95) · Freight intensity (90)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Zamora
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Connectivity (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 4) — Cantal may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Zamora · Manufacturing → Zamora · Office → Cantal · Residential → Cantal.
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
33.6
36.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
63.0
37.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
59.3
57.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
94.3
89.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
39.7
6.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
64.8
60.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
24.0
52.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.1% 5y
4.5% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.8% 5y
7.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€29,299
€26,329
Population density
25 /km²
16 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
4,351
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
269
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,755M
€3,978M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€173M
€360M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€487M
€726M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€359M
€348M
GVA — construction (F)
€294M
€249M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€647M
€826M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,400
€18,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,000 PPS
29,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,300
€26,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,591M
€13,527M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,415M
€2,707M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€23,857M
€32,274M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€670M
—
GVA — information & communication (J)
€39M
—
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€941M
€820M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,215M
€998M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,749M
€4,001M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€73,178
€72,369
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€960M
€957M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
58,700
64,800
Self-employed persons
11,100
16,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,400
5,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.2%
75.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.6%
24.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.3%
8.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
63,000
74,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
9,534
10,953
Enterprise births
901
688
Enterprise deaths
868
673
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.1%
3.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.8%
3.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
40.4%
42.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.9%
52.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
15.9%
15.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.3%
22.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.9%
7.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.9%
96.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,071,497
609,564
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
601 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
933
4
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,411 kt
8,953 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
19 km/1000km²
26 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
649
2
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
90
208
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)
80,749
96,848
Population aged 65+
44,339
54,098
Population aged under 15
18,755
14,618
Median age of population
52.2 yrs
54.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
54.9%
55.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.0 /1k
-4.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.9 /1k
7.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
4.2 /1k
Crude death rate
14.3 /1k
15.4 /1k
Live births
929
700
Deaths
2,056
2,553
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
78.1%
71.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.50
0.95
Population density (persons per km²)
25 /km²
16 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
117,374
74,753
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
22.4%
24.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.7 yrs
84.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.7%
19.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
660 /100k
343 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
871 /100k
749 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
230 /100k
212 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.3 /100k
13.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
227 /100k
256 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
699 /100k
105 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
64 /M
68 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.46
1.14
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.27
0.84
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
0.96
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.39
0.78
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
0.16
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.106/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,044 m
727 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
39 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
72 days/yr
36 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
20 days/yr
3 days/yr