NUTS-3 DEC06 · Germany
Population
87,8132025
GDP
€3,133M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
78.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
474.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEC06 · DEG09
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: St. Wendel (Opportunity 44). Runner-up: Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis (39). Contrarian pick: Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 75).
Why you might not pick St. Wendel
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 16) — Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
St. Wendel 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
43.5
39.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
52.8
36.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
54.3
49.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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41.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
72.7
61.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
24.3
28.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
27.8
30.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.2% 5y
0.6% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
1.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.0% 5y
14.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€35,676
€34,230
Population density
185 /km²
102 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 85 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,862M
€2,958M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€14M
€116M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€794M
€649M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€579M
€442M
GVA — construction (F)
€149M
€256M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€491M
€413M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,000
€25,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,700 PPS
28,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,600
€32,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,110M
€14,609M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,529M
€3,167M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€23,975M
€42,299M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€726M
€535M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€688M
€989M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,601M
€2,734M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,239
€92,446
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€609M
€624M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
38,190
45,950
Self-employed persons
2,930
4,150
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,900
7,190
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.9%
80.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
7.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.2%
3.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
43,100
45,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,745
2,932
Enterprise births
211
158
Enterprise deaths
209
208
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.1%
2.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.6%
2.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.6%
4.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.1%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
28.1%
30.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
29.6%
35.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.0%
8.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
19.9%
19.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.1%
7.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
775,255
268,354
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
646 /1k
568 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,550 kt
2,862 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
723
431
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
94 km/1000km²
32 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
823
456
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
49
35
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
53,089
55,483
Population aged 65+
24,011
26,498
Population aged under 15
10,713
12,632
Median age of population
51.3 yrs
50.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.2%
47.8%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.8 /1k
-19.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.3 /1k
-9.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.3 /1k
5.8 /1k
Crude death rate
14.4 /1k
15.4 /1k
Live births
556
558
Deaths
1,265
1,473
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.4%
70.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.21
1.44
Population density (persons per km²)
186 /km²
98 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
73,319
92,678
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
22.2%
23.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
79.9 yrs
80.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.5%
17.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,123 /100k
1,212 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
243 /100k
228 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.2 /100k
46.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
189 /100k
331 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
854 /100k
1,219 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
24 /M
46 /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)
350 m
215 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
64 days/yr
72 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
1 days/yr