NUTS-3 FRK26 · France
Population
1,929,5212025
GDP
€111,379M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.1%2025
Active firms
523,7122026
Cadastral parcels
956,1142026
Area
3,259.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRK26 · FRE11
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Rhône (Opportunity 68). Runner-up: Nord (65). Contrarian pick: Nord — leads the set on Connectivity (EU pctl 77).
Why you might not pick Rhône
Its weakest dimension is Air quality (EU pctl 26) — Nord may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Rhône 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
67.5
64.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
63.5
53.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
55.7
39.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
25.7
43.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
60.0
76.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
89.8
73.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
54.2
41.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.9% 5y
1.8% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.1% 5y
0.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€57,724
€35,877
Population density
592 /km²
456 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
496
721
Firms per 1k pop
271
181
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€99,527M
€83,691M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€406M
€755M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€15,582M
€13,052M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€11,524M
€9,798M
GVA — construction (F)
€5,378M
€4,767M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€22,265M
€17,635M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,600
€21,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
53,100 PPS
32,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€57,600
€35,800
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)
€11,241M
€8,670M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€7,167M
€3,610M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€34,641M
€22,474M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€21,255M
€25,009M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€99,556M
€83,973M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€102,540
€84,427
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€25,127M
€19,827M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,107,000
1,132,000
Self-employed persons
103,200
95,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
94,000
107,000
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)
971,400
1,209,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
178,069
150,692
Enterprise births
26,304
22,431
Enterprise deaths
20,825
17,038
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.4%
7.0%
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)
8,279,966
5,158,184
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
39,769 kt
65,213 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
8,452
10,672
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).
438
408
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
41
4
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
1,250,707
1,654,671
Population aged 65+
351,380
499,153
Population aged under 15
327,434
459,957
Median age of population
38.5 yrs
39.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.1%
30.2%
Crude rate of total population change
3.8 /1k
-0.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.3 /1k
-1.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
11.1 /1k
10.2 /1k
Crude death rate
7.0 /1k
8.8 /1k
Live births
21,420
26,558
Deaths
13,529
23,129
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.3%
58.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.58
1.59
Population density (persons per km²)
597 /km²
456 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
2,401,553
2,628,268
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
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
164 /100k
90.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
760 /100k
462 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
3,343 /100k
2,083 /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)
377 m
47 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
23 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
50 days/yr
31 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
2 days/yr