NUTS-3 FRK14 · France
Population
664,3182025
GDP
€26,006M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77%2025
Active firms
148,7222026
Cadastral parcels
1,571,4652026
Area
8,011.8 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
FRK14 · FRK25
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Loire (Opportunity 58). Runner-up: Puy-de-Dôme (51). Contrarian pick: Puy-de-Dôme — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 92).
Why you might not pick Loire
Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 25) — Puy-de-Dôme may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Puy-de-Dôme · Manufacturing → Puy-de-Dôme · Office → Loire · Residential → Puy-de-Dôme.
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
51.1
57.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
58.5
66.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
55.5
59.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
74.7
48.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
71.0
55.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
64.8
89.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
28.8
38.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.7% 5y
1.3% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.1% 5y
1.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€39,146
€33,337
Population density
83 /km²
161 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
2,366
1,392
Firms per 1k pop
224
206
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€23,239M
€23,119M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€275M
€259M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,148M
€4,501M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,574M
€4,101M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,308M
€1,652M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,076M
€3,418M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,400
€24,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,900 PPS
30,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,000
€33,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,591M
€66,409M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,415M
€8,444M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€23,857M
€150,675M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,585M
€4,096M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€635M
€337M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,363M
€6,982M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,070M
€6,306M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€23,133M
€23,133M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€90,953
€87,079
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,924M
€5,839M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
291,400
302,900
Self-employed persons
34,100
35,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
37,000
45,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.2%
77.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.6%
16.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.4%
7.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
316,700
357,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
46,299
54,236
Enterprise births
5,914
7,013
Enterprise deaths
4,599
5,575
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
6.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
3.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.8%
5.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
2.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
40.4%
49.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.9%
60.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
15.9%
17.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.3%
34.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.9%
11.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.9%
95.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,079,020
931,307
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
17,833 kt
13,801 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,033
5,979
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
19 km/1000km²
29 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
758
770
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
7
68
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)
405,808
460,155
Population aged 65+
157,975
184,198
Population aged under 15
100,535
131,976
Median age of population
44.3 yrs
43.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.9%
40.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.1 /1k
1.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.8 /1k
2.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
9.4 /1k
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
10.4 /1k
Live births
5,415
7,304
Deaths
6,640
8,082
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.7%
68.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
1.71
Population density (persons per km²)
83 /km²
163 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
753,484
786,693
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
22.4%
18.0%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.7 yrs
84.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.7%
14.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
660 /100k
511 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
871 /100k
771 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
230 /100k
204 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
48.6 /100k
90.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
602 /100k
611 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,566 /100k
1,739 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
64 /M
47 /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)
380 m
363 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
18 days/yr
28 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
47 days/yr
49 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
5 days/yr