NUTS-3 FRK24 · France
Population
1,310,6482025
GDP
€54,019M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.1%2025
Active firms
307,9232026
Cadastral parcels
1,704,7872026
Area
7,863.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRK24 · FRE12
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Isère (Opportunity 65). Runner-up: Pas-de-Calais (62). Contrarian pick: Pas-de-Calais — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 65).
Why you might not pick Isère
Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 29) — Pas-de-Calais may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Isère 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
64.6
61.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
70.5
56.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
58.1
43.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
38.0
59.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
59.3
61.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
89.8
73.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
49.2
42.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.1% 5y
1.9% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.1% 5y
0.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€41,215
€29,441
Population density
167 /km²
216 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
1,301
1,028
Firms per 1k pop
235
153
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€48,319M
€38,131M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€264M
€887M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€9,975M
€6,650M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€8,150M
€5,240M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,992M
€2,738M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,564M
€6,813M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,600
€21,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
37,900 PPS
27,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,200
€29,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€66,409M
€28,402M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€8,444M
€3,256M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€150,675M
€76,179M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€6,986M
€5,558M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,841M
€406M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€16,100M
€9,479M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€10,426M
€11,565M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€48,285M
€38,279M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€97,319
€82,605
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€12,187M
€9,038M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
565,700
527,400
Self-employed persons
66,200
50,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
74,900
57,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.4%
73.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
16.9%
21.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.1%
9.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
634,900
647,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
103,706
70,001
Enterprise births
13,851
9,305
Enterprise deaths
11,030
7,413
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.5%
5.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.0%
0.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.6%
2.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.2%
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
49.4%
41.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
60.1%
53.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
17.4%
14.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
34.0%
28.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.9%
8.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.6%
92.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
5,885,840
4,185,081
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
26,279 kt
42,538 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
10,210
9,207
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
29 km/1000km²
50 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
779
634
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
65
62
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)
817,518
886,378
Population aged 65+
264,786
309,532
Population aged under 15
228,344
256,066
Median age of population
41.6 yrs
42.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.4%
34.9%
Crude rate of total population change
4.4 /1k
-2.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.8 /1k
-1.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.5 /1k
9.6 /1k
Crude death rate
7.9 /1k
10.4 /1k
Live births
12,459
13,903
Deaths
10,393
15,055
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.3%
63.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.61
1.72
Population density (persons per km²)
167 /km²
218 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,304,780
1,312,662
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.0%
26.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.2 yrs
81.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.0%
21.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
511 /100k
558 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
771 /100k
1,007 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
204 /100k
260 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
89.4 /100k
44.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
732 /100k
342 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,305 /100k
1,292 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M
29 /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)
208 m
142 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
27 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
37 days/yr
34 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
16 days/yr
3 days/yr