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NO072 · BE328

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NUTS-3 NO072 · Norway

Troms/Romsa/Tromssa

Population

170,4792025

GDP

—

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.5%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

79.4%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

25,961.2 km²

NUTS-3 BE328 · Belgium

Arr. Tournai-Mouscron

Population

228,4202025

GDP

€9,239M2024

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

9%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

65.3%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

709 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Arr. Tournai-Mouscron (Opportunity 58). Runner-up: Troms/Romsa/Tromssa (37). Contrarian pick: Troms/Romsa/Tromssa — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 100).

#1Arr. Tournai-Mouscron

Strengths

Connectivity (79) · Industrial base (70)

Red flags

Labour market (EU bottom 15%)

#2Troms/Romsa/Tromssa

Strengths

Energy cost (100) · Freight intensity (97)

No red flags

Why you might not pick Arr. Tournai-Mouscron

Labour market (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 5) — Troms/Romsa/Tromssa may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

Arr. Tournai-Mouscron 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

37.2

58.3

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

—

54.0

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

70.9

42.3

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

59.3

65.3

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

42.3

78.7

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

72.8

65.0

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

40.7

54.0

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

—

2.5% 5y

Population

0.2% 5y

Unemployment rate

—

1.4% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

—

€40,447

Population density

7 /km²

322 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 86 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

—

€8,362M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

—

€95M

GVA — industry (B–E)

—

€2,046M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

—

€1,863M

GVA — construction (F)

—

€481M

GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)

—

€1,522M

Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

€26,600

€24,300

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

—

36,100 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

—

€40,500

Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2

€7,085M

€8,772M

Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2

€357M

€1,340M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

€12,839M

€23,931M

GVA — real estate activities (L)

—

€842M

GVA — information & communication (J)

—

€98M

GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)

—

€1,685M

GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)

—

€2,534M

Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)

—

€7,841M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

—

€101,332

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

—

€1,933M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

—

94,000

Self-employed persons

—

13,300

Employment in manufacturing (C)

—

14,700

Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

80.2%

65.6%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

—

23.6%

Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)

—

9.0%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

—

95,800

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

1.9%

1.6%

Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2

2.2%

5.0%

R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2

1.3%

0.7%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

43.7%

37.3%

Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2

46.8%

40.9%

Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2

20.3%

10.7%

Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2

26.1%

28.5%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

9.7%

10.6%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

98.8%

94.9%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

2,029,094

164,755

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

538 /1k

498 /1k

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

11,656 kt

6,016 kt

Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.

5,937

1,545

Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2

0 km/1000km²

75 km/1000km²

Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).

3,483

676

Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.

Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

110,706

145,263

Population aged 65+

34,599

46,975

Population aged under 15

25,174

36,182

Median age of population

41.5 yrs

42.5 yrs

Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)

31.3%

32.3%

Crude rate of total population change

5.1 /1k

3.0 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

4.9 /1k

5.4 /1k

Crude birth rate

9.0 /1k

8.5 /1k

Crude death rate

8.8 /1k

10.9 /1k

Live births

1,532

1,936

Deaths

1,499

2,477

Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)

54.0%

57.2%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.34

1.43

Population density (persons per km²)

7 /km²

—

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

213,727

—

Social

At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2

20.2%

24.8%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

82.6 yrs

80.0 yrs

At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2

15.3%

14.5%

Health

Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2

414 /100k

603 /100k

Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2

866 /100k

1,129 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

216 /100k

251 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

0.0 /100k

2.2 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

11.8 /100k

132 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

—

463 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

1,236 /100k

1,357 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

33 /M

42 /M

Governance & institutions

Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

1.31

Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

1.41

Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

1.34

Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

1.58

Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)

—

0.25

Energy

Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.064/kWh

€0.130/kWh

Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)

—

€0.046/kWh

Housing market

Dwelling price per m² (NOK, all types, Statistics Norway)

48,646 NOK/m²

—

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

807 m

42 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

0 days/yr

5 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

251 days/yr

33 days/yr

Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)

6 days/yr

2 days/yr