NUTS-3 FRY20 · France
Population
359,4192025
GDP
€10,480M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
13.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
67.4%2025
Active firms
124,2682026
Cadastral parcels
222,3592026
Area
1,112.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRY20 · ITF14
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Chieti (Opportunity 47). Runner-up: Martinique (32). Contrarian pick: Martinique — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 88).
#1Chieti
Strengths
Industrial base (75) · Cost advantage (66)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 19 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Strengths
Energy cost (88) · Connectivity (67)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Chieti
Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Long-run slide: down 19 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 7) — Martinique may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Martinique · Manufacturing → Chieti · Office → Chieti · Residential → Chieti.
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
31.6
46.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
38.0
44.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
32.5
41.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
40.7
—
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
67.0
35.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
28.0
26.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
27.8
43.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.2% 5y
3.0% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.6% 5y
9.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€29,158
€31,806
Population density
323 /km²
143 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
619
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
346
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,806M
€10,586M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€246M
€322M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€926M
€2,794M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€314M
€2,524M
GVA — construction (F)
€356M
€724M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,142M
€2,022M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€20,600
€19,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,500 PPS
32,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,900
€31,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€1,601M
€10,710M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€88M
€1,609M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€6,464M
€14,889M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,073M
€1,240M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€447M
€111M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,225M
€2,647M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,912M
€2,078M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,658M
€10,788M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€70,499
€72,142
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,627M
€3,242M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
151,500
168,500
Self-employed persons
17,000
40,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,800
32,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
70.8%
67.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
45.0%
26.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
13.4%
6.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
151,600
158,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
43,005
27,092
Enterprise births
7,591
2,050
Enterprise deaths
3,915
1,498
3-year enterprise survival rate
8.5%
3.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
—
1.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
—
3.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
—
0.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.9%
24.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
37.8%
32.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.3%
10.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.1%
19.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.4%
4.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
91.3%
93.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,132,780
1,643,977
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
540 /1k
728 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,760
5
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
—
6,488 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
0 km/1000km²
34 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,603
1
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
5
42
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)
213,477
229,753
Population aged 65+
92,582
99,270
Population aged under 15
53,360
41,464
Median age of population
50.3 yrs
50.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.4%
43.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.2 /1k
-2.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.2 /1k
4.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
5.7 /1k
Crude death rate
10.5 /1k
12.1 /1k
Live births
2,898
2,101
Deaths
3,793
4,473
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.4%
61.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
1.10
Population density (persons per km²)
327 /km²
143 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
234,325
273,923
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
31.3%
24.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.5 yrs
83.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
25.2%
20.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
496 /100k
332 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,075 /100k
893 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
188 /100k
206 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
8.1 /100k
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
138 /100k
16.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
430 /100k
—
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,359 /100k
803 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
67 /M
68 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.46
0.72
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.27
0.60
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
0.57
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.39
0.57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
0.41
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.159/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
50 m
270 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
40 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
23 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
10 days/yr