NUTS-3 FRL03 · France
Population
1,145,5102025
GDP
€51,847M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
74.4%2025
Active firms
424,3872026
Cadastral parcels
791,8842026
Area
4,302.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRL03 · FRH02
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Alpes-Maritimes (Opportunity 61). Runner-up: Finistère (57). Contrarian pick: Finistère — leads the set on Resilience (EU pctl 74).
Strengths
Energy cost (88) · Economic base (79)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Alpes-Maritimes
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 5) — Finistère may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Finistère · Manufacturing → Finistère · Office → Alpes-Maritimes · Residential → Finistère.
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
60.5
56.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
54.5
73.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
49.4
54.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
26.0
63.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
62.0
51.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
75.8
74.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
52.6
57.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.0% 5y
1.8% 5y
Population
0.9% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.8% 5y
3.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€45,261
€34,405
Population density
266 /km²
138 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
691
1,780
Firms per 1k pop
370
208
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€46,321M
€28,906M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€27M
€1,041M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,793M
€4,443M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,037M
€4,059M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,480M
€1,873M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€12,364M
€4,829M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,900
€23,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
42,500 PPS
31,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€46,200
€34,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€49,335M
€28,333M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,075M
€3,146M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€105,791M
€65,081M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€10,119M
€5,198M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€3,587M
€567M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€16,612M
€8,999M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€11,045M
€7,721M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€46,311M
€28,948M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€101,714
€84,373
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€11,928M
€7,367M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
519,500
391,100
Self-employed persons
84,400
46,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
27,400
43,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.4%
75.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
22.6%
16.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.3%
5.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
501,300
424,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
137,086
60,042
Enterprise births
19,375
7,427
Enterprise deaths
15,176
5,996
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.3%
5.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.1%
1.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.4%
5.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.6%
1.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.5%
42.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
52.3%
48.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.2%
16.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.8%
28.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.7%
9.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.1%
93.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
13,984,430
8,470,728
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
593 /1k
630 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,272 kt
25,803 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
6,269
4,781
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
24 km/1000km²
2 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
547
508
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
29
36
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
683,327
559,796
Population aged 65+
294,039
241,922
Population aged under 15
168,144
139,368
Median age of population
46.5 yrs
46.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.0%
43.2%
Crude rate of total population change
7.4 /1k
3.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.5 /1k
8.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude death rate
10.8 /1k
11.8 /1k
Live births
9,920
7,119
Deaths
12,313
11,103
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.6%
68.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
1.47
Population density (persons per km²)
266 /km²
139 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,054,902
873,268
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.7%
14.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.8 yrs
82.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.1%
10.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
625 /100k
541 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
851 /100k
849 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
202 /100k
224 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
104 /100k
35.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
380 /100k
345 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,233 /100k
1,129 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
56 /M
49 /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)
877 m
125 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
62 days/yr
11 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
9 days/yr