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NUTS-3 BE323 · Belgium

Arr. Mons

Population

262,1772025

GDP

€8,924M2024

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

9%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

65.3%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

595.3 km²

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

Decision brief

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

Best overall fit: Arr. Mons (Opportunity 57). Runner-up: Troms/Romsa/Tromssa (37). Contrarian pick: Troms/Romsa/Tromssa — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 100).

#1Arr. Mons

Strengths

Demographic outlook (77) · Connectivity (71)

Red flags

Labour market (EU bottom 15%)

Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)

#2Troms/Romsa/Tromssa

Strengths

Energy cost (100) · Freight intensity (97)

No red flags

Why you might not pick Arr. Mons

Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (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. Mons 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

56.6

37.2

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

44.5

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Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

36.5

70.9

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

44.7

59.3

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

70.7

42.3

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

65.0

72.8

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

53.8

40.7

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

2.0% 5y

—

Population

0.2% 5y

Unemployment rate

1.4% 5y

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Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€34,038

—

Population density

440 /km²

7 /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)

€8,078M

—

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€34M

—

GVA — industry (B–E)

€572M

—

GVA — manufacturing (C)

€372M

—

GVA — construction (F)

€260M

—

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

€2,053M

—

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

€24,300

€26,600

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

30,400 PPS

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GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

€34,100

—

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

€8,772M

€7,085M

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

€1,340M

€357M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

€23,931M

€12,839M

GVA — real estate activities (L)

€934M

—

GVA — information & communication (J)

€744M

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

€1,810M

—

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

€3,350M

—

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

€7,574M

—

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

€103,739

—

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

€1,867M

—

Labour market

Employment, total persons

88,700

—

Self-employed persons

13,300

—

Employment in manufacturing (C)

5,000

—

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

65.6%

80.2%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

23.6%

—

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

8.9%

—

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

110,900

—

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

1.6%

1.9%

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

5.0%

2.2%

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

0.7%

1.3%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

37.3%

43.7%

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

40.9%

46.8%

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

10.7%

20.3%

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

28.5%

26.1%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

10.6%

9.7%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

94.9%

98.8%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

209,056

2,029,094

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

498 /1k

538 /1k

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

1,429

5,937

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

3,771 kt

11,656 kt

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

75 km/1000km²

0 km/1000km²

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

545

3,483

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)

168,086

110,706

Population aged 65+

52,223

34,599

Population aged under 15

41,868

25,174

Median age of population

42.0 yrs

41.5 yrs

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

31.1%

31.3%

Crude rate of total population change

3.8 /1k

5.1 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

5.9 /1k

4.9 /1k

Crude birth rate

8.8 /1k

9.0 /1k

Crude death rate

10.8 /1k

8.8 /1k

Live births

2,293

1,532

Deaths

2,829

1,499

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

56.0%

54.0%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.41

1.34

Population density (persons per km²)

448 /km²

7 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

278,243

213,727

Social

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

24.8%

20.2%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

80.0 yrs

82.6 yrs

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

14.5%

15.3%

Health

Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2

603 /100k

414 /100k

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

1,129 /100k

866 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

251 /100k

216 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

3.8 /100k

0.0 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

183 /100k

11.8 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

423 /100k

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Thefts per 100k inhabitants

1,401 /100k

1,236 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

42 /M

33 /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)

€0.130/kWh

€0.064/kWh

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

€0.046/kWh

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Housing market

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

—

48,646 NOK/m²

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

29 m

807 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

6 days/yr

0 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

34 days/yr

251 days/yr

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

2 days/yr

6 days/yr