NUTS-3 DE259 · Germany
Population
168,8132025
GDP
€6,692M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
798.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE259 · DE723
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Limburg-Weilburg (Opportunity 63). Runner-up: Nürnberger Land (55). Contrarian pick: Nürnberger Land — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 87).
Strengths
Industrial base (87) · Labour market (86)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Limburg-Weilburg
Its weakest dimension is Energy cost (EU pctl 36) — Nürnberger Land may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Limburg-Weilburg 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
54.8
62.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
51.5
70.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
66.2
59.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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39.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
78.3
76.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
62.8
43.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
41.0
61.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.0% 5y
0.4% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
11.6% 5y
8.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€39,642
€37,111
Population density
211 /km²
235 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 83 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,113M
€5,892M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€34M
€36M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,911M
€1,056M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,803M
€896M
GVA — construction (F)
€339M
€563M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,098M
€1,129M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,000
€26,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,300 PPS
33,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,600
€37,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€21,016M
€10,597M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,272M
€1,976M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€54,755M
€25,139M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,503M
€1,658M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,227M
€1,451M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,798M
€5,610M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€90,681
€84,579
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,440M
€1,539M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
77,580
80,760
Self-employed persons
7,640
8,570
Employment in manufacturing (C)
20,250
12,540
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.9%
78.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.8%
2.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
89,200
93,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,940
7,074
Enterprise births
531
593
Enterprise deaths
554
664
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.0%
4.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.5%
2.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.8%
5.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.7%
1.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.6%
32.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.4%
38.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.3%
10.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.8%
22.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.0%
7.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
268,971
439,535
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
594 /1k
641 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,891 kt
5,558 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,218
1,469
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
722
845
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
21
51
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
104,506
109,314
Population aged 65+
40,154
40,352
Population aged under 15
24,153
24,164
Median age of population
47.7 yrs
46.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.4%
36.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.2 /1k
-2.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.4 /1k
2.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
8.3 /1k
Crude death rate
12.2 /1k
13.0 /1k
Live births
1,285
1,448
Deaths
2,069
2,258
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.5%
59.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
1.52
Population density (persons per km²)
212 /km²
236 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
155,228
165,044
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.6%
24.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.4 yrs
80.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.7%
18.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,065 /100k
1,062 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
225 /100k
236 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.2 /100k
20.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
107 /100k
241 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
443 /100k
795 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
33 /M
31 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
362 m
254 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
69 days/yr
58 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
2 days/yr