NUTS-3 FRK23 · France
Population
527,1562025
GDP
€21,343M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.1%2025
Active firms
136,6912026
Cadastral parcels
968,2482026
Area
6,560.5 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
FRK23 · FRB04
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Indre-et-Loire (Opportunity 59). Runner-up: Drôme (59). Contrarian pick: Drôme — leads the set on Talent & skills (EU pctl 90).
Why you might not pick Indre-et-Loire
Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 18) — Drôme may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Indre-et-Loire 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
58.9
59.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
72.0
55.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
57.6
52.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
51.0
70.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
37.0
28.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
89.8
73.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
48.8
64.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.4% 5y
3.0% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.1% 5y
7.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€40,487
€38,543
Population density
80 /km²
101 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
1,837
1,480
Firms per 1k pop
259
210
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€19,072M
€21,421M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€388M
€337M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,444M
€3,823M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,107M
€1,990M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,244M
€1,379M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,701M
€4,129M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,600
€23,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
37,400 PPS
35,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,600
€38,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€66,409M
€20,283M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€8,444M
€2,604M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€150,675M
€46,136M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,979M
€3,090M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€331M
€645M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,297M
€6,272M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,998M
€5,480M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€19,077M
€21,279M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€90,747
€89,860
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,815M
€5,409M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
239,700
272,200
Self-employed persons
31,400
29,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
34,700
23,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.4%
76.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
16.9%
18.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.1%
6.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
241,700
289,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
45,114
42,099
Enterprise births
5,525
5,616
Enterprise deaths
4,582
4,394
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.4%
6.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.0%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.6%
4.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.2%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
49.4%
41.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
60.1%
51.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
17.4%
16.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
34.0%
26.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.9%
9.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.6%
94.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,336,760
3,043,497
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
631 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,287
2,483
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
16,514 kt
12,136 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
29 km/1000km²
25 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
434
399
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
110
208
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)
311,189
377,505
Population aged 65+
127,673
146,668
Population aged under 15
88,294
98,521
Median age of population
45.1 yrs
43.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.0%
38.9%
Crude rate of total population change
2.7 /1k
2.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.6 /1k
3.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
8.7 /1k
Crude death rate
9.8 /1k
9.5 /1k
Live births
4,722
5,423
Deaths
5,154
5,881
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
69.4%
64.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.72
1.49
Population density (persons per km²)
81 /km²
102 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
546,891
607,389
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.0%
15.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.2 yrs
82.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.0%
11.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
511 /100k
555 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
771 /100k
862 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
204 /100k
228 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
52.9 /100k
53.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
498 /100k
560 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,911 /100k
1,869 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M
66 /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)
545 m
98 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
20 days/yr
14 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
60 days/yr
23 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
11 days/yr
2 days/yr