NUTS-3 ES419 · Spain
Population
165,5642025
GDP
€4,359M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
8.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
74.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
10,546.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ES419 · FRK12
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Zamora (Opportunity 37). Runner-up: Cantal (34). Contrarian pick: Cantal — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 94).
#1Zamora
Strengths
Energy cost (95) · Freight intensity (90)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Zamora
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Connectivity (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 4) — Cantal may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Zamora · Manufacturing → Zamora · Office → Cantal · Residential → Cantal.
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
36.9
33.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
37.8
63.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
57.4
59.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
89.0
94.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
6.7
39.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
60.3
64.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
52.2
24.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.5% 5y
1.1% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
7.9% 5y
2.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€26,329
€29,299
Population density
16 /km²
25 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
4,351
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
269
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,978M
€3,755M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€360M
€173M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€726M
€487M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€348M
€359M
GVA — construction (F)
€249M
€294M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€826M
€647M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€18,500
€23,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,400 PPS
27,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€26,200
€29,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€13,527M
€10,591M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,707M
€1,415M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€32,274M
€23,857M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
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€670M
GVA — information & communication (J)
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€39M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€820M
€941M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€998M
€1,215M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,001M
€3,749M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€72,369
€73,178
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€957M
€960M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
64,800
58,700
Self-employed persons
16,000
11,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,300
5,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
75.7%
77.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
24.7%
19.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.6%
6.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
74,700
63,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
10,953
9,534
Enterprise births
688
901
Enterprise deaths
673
868
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
5.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
2.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.3%
3.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.1%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.1%
40.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
52.3%
46.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
15.3%
15.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.8%
26.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.3%
7.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.0%
93.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
609,564
1,071,497
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
601 /1k
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Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4
933
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,953 kt
2,411 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
26 km/1000km²
19 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2
649
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
208
90
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
96,848
80,749
Population aged 65+
54,098
44,339
Population aged under 15
14,618
18,755
Median age of population
54.5 yrs
52.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
55.9%
54.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.2 /1k
-1.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.0 /1k
6.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
4.2 /1k
6.5 /1k
Crude death rate
15.4 /1k
14.3 /1k
Live births
700
929
Deaths
2,553
2,056
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
71.0%
78.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.95
1.50
Population density (persons per km²)
16 /km²
25 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
74,753
117,374
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.1%
22.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.8 yrs
82.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.8%
17.7%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
343 /100k
660 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
749 /100k
871 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
212 /100k
230 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.2 /100k
15.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
256 /100k
227 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
105 /100k
699 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
68 /M
64 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
1.46
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.84
1.27
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.96
1.02
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.78
1.39
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.16
0.02
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.106/kWh
€0.107/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.053/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
727 m
1,044 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
39 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
36 days/yr
72 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
20 days/yr