NUTS-3 FRK13 · France
Population
229,0712025
GDP
€6,687M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77%2025
Active firms
53,3942026
Cadastral parcels
1,235,0362026
Area
5,007.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRK13 · FI1D7
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Haute-Loire (Opportunity 43). Runner-up: Lappi (37). Contrarian pick: Lappi — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 100).
#2Lappi
Strengths
Air quality (100) · Energy cost (99)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Flood: 28% of population in the 100-year floodplain
Why you might not pick Haute-Loire
Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 27) — Lappi may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Lappi · Manufacturing → Lappi · Office → Lappi · Residential → Haute-Loire.
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
- Flood defences, return-period design and insurance for flagged regions
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
42.5
36.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
69.0
51.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
54.1
60.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
83.5
100.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
35.7
23.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
64.8
63.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
33.8
32.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.7% 5y
1.2% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.7% 5y
0.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€29,191
€46,846
Population density
46 /km²
2 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
5,391
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
233
FR-only
All indicators · 90 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,971M
€7,217M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€197M
€252M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,325M
€1,865M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,180M
€875M
GVA — construction (F)
€452M
€446M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€805M
€1,172M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,400
€21,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,100 PPS
39,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,400
€46,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,591M
€13,860M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,415M
€3,205M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€23,857M
€24,815M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,180M
€908M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€44M
€77M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,646M
€1,494M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,547M
€1,989M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,948M
€7,194M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€78,237
€100,501
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,523M
€2,032M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
87,100
83,860
Self-employed persons
14,300
8,870
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,500
7,370
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.2%
77.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.6%
20.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.4%
9.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
103,500
83,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
16,814
14,639
Enterprise births
1,945
1,271
Enterprise deaths
1,513
1,281
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
5.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
2.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.8%
4.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
1.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
40.4%
39.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.9%
34.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
15.9%
26.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.3%
26.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.9%
8.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.9%
97.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
831,101
3,440,403
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
727 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
917
438
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,913 kt
11,010 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
400
249
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
19 km/1000km²
1 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
93
74
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
132,669
102,880
Population aged 65+
60,886
48,868
Population aged under 15
35,516
24,403
Median age of population
48.2 yrs
47.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.9%
47.5%
Crude rate of total population change
1.0 /1k
0.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.1 /1k
5.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
7.0 /1k
Crude death rate
11.7 /1k
12.6 /1k
Live births
1,729
1,236
Deaths
2,683
2,224
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
72.7%
71.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.60
1.28
Population density (persons per km²)
46 /km²
2 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
202,553
115,888
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
22.4%
17.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.7 yrs
81.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.7%
15.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
660 /100k
283 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
871 /100k
976 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
230 /100k
197 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.2 /100k
22.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
267 /100k
79.5 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
809 /100k
1,424 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
64 /M
38 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.46
1.90
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.27
1.91
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
1.99
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.39
2.19
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
1.09
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.067/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
€0.065/kWh
Housing market
Dwelling price per m² — old housing-company dwellings (Statistics Finland)
—
€1,547/m²
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
751 m
237 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
65 days/yr
217 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
3 days/yr