NUTS-3 FRM01 · France
Population
172,8542025
GDP
€7,029M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
72.9%2025
Active firms
58,8332026
Cadastral parcels
366,9162026
Area
4,020.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRM01 · FRM02
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Corse-du-Sud (Opportunity 37). Runner-up: Haute-Corse (35). Contrarian pick: Haute-Corse — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 91).
Strengths
Demographic outlook (88) · Energy cost (88)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Demographic outlook (91) · Energy cost (88)
Red flags
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Corse-du-Sud
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 0) — Haute-Corse may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Haute-Corse · Manufacturing → Corse-du-Sud · Office → Corse-du-Sud · Residential → Haute-Corse.
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
36.8
34.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
53.5
55.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
35.8
40.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
28.3
76.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
35.3
34.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
26.5
26.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
60.2
52.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.2% 5y
3.3% 5y
Population
1.5% 5y
0.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.1% 5y
2.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€40,665
€33,415
Population density
43 /km²
40 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
2,123
3,542
Firms per 1k pop
340
312
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,255M
€5,638M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€25M
€94M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€449M
€504M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€171M
€191M
GVA — construction (F)
€513M
€495M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,314M
€1,205M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,200
€24,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,500 PPS
30,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,800
€33,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€2,838M
€2,838M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€78M
€78M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€6,494M
€6,494M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,120M
€993M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€113M
€71M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,604M
€1,527M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,350M
€1,812M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,296M
€5,668M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€100,330
€87,281
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,518M
€1,367M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
71,400
73,900
Self-employed persons
11,000
12,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,500
3,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
68.8%
68.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
46.0%
46.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.3%
7.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
72,200
81,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
20,072
19,744
Enterprise births
2,473
2,319
Enterprise deaths
1,971
1,935
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.0%
5.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.3%
0.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.7%
4.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.4%
0.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.7%
31.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
28.7%
28.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
5.9%
5.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.7%
25.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.8%
6.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
83.4%
83.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
5,885,165
5,149,421
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
615 /1k
615 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,172 kt
3,034 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
467
260
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
0 km/1000km²
0 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
270
137
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
43
37
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
101,584
114,688
Population aged 65+
44,305
49,059
Population aged under 15
26,965
25,652
Median age of population
46.7 yrs
47.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.6%
42.8%
Crude rate of total population change
13.4 /1k
5.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
15.9 /1k
9.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
7.0 /1k
Crude death rate
9.1 /1k
10.1 /1k
Live births
1,152
1,325
Deaths
1,568
1,907
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
70.2%
65.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.18
1.24
Population density (persons per km²)
43 /km²
41 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
186,418
210,202
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
28.6%
28.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.0 yrs
84.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
23.6%
23.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
552 /100k
552 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
797 /100k
797 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
216 /100k
216 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.9 /100k
5.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.4 /100k
21.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
140 /100k
91.9 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,085 /100k
899 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
113 /M
113 /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)
644 m
1,582 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
16 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
22 days/yr
108 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
15 days/yr
15 days/yr