NUTS-3 FI1C1 · Finland
Population
494,8192025
GDP
€22,820M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
9.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
75.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
10,709 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FI1C1 · FRC11
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Côte-d’Or (Opportunity 53). Runner-up: Varsinais-Suomi (50). Contrarian pick: Varsinais-Suomi — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 99).
Why you might not pick Côte-d’Or
Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 16) — Varsinais-Suomi may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Côte-d’Or · Manufacturing → Varsinais-Suomi · Office → Varsinais-Suomi · Residential → Côte-d’Or.
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
49.6
52.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
69.8
64.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
58.3
44.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
95.7
64.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
63.0
29.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
64.0
53.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
29.2
42.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.0% 5y
1.8% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.3% 5y
2.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€46,119
€42,801
Population density
46 /km²
62 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
1,867
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
237
All indicators · 90 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€19,958M
€20,694M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€542M
€845M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,875M
€2,465M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,495M
€2,035M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,194M
€1,233M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,453M
€4,245M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,700
€23,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,500 PPS
39,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€46,300
€43,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,779M
€12,851M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,548M
€1,525M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€22,877M
€28,666M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,735M
€2,856M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€717M
€487M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,074M
€6,253M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,821M
€5,653M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€20,032M
€20,614M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€101,190
€94,852
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,902M
€5,218M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
230,320
249,100
Self-employed persons
26,790
27,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
35,650
23,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.3%
74.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
20.8%
19.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
9.5%
6.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
253,000
252,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
42,342
39,290
Enterprise births
3,593
5,250
Enterprise deaths
3,512
3,994
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
6.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.9%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.6%
2.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
39.0%
36.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
34.8%
43.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.4%
12.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.8%
25.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.1%
6.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.6%
92.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,334,165
3,594,207
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
710 /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.
4,341
2,002
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
13,152 kt
16,187 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
877
370
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
11 km/1000km²
22 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
32
171
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
306,425
336,400
Population aged 65+
120,009
123,900
Population aged under 15
68,385
81,358
Median age of population
44.0 yrs
43.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.2%
36.8%
Crude rate of total population change
8.2 /1k
1.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.4 /1k
3.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
9.7 /1k
Live births
3,730
4,333
Deaths
5,293
5,235
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.5%
61.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.20
1.33
Population density (persons per km²)
46 /km²
62 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
400,016
558,288
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.2%
20.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.9 yrs
82.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.7%
16.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
256 /100k
632 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
944 /100k
864 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
209 /100k
227 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
34.2 /100k
45.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
152 /100k
363 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,325 /100k
1,508 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
38 /M
62 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.90
1.46
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.91
1.27
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.99
1.02
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.19
1.39
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.09
0.02
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.067/kWh
€0.107/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.065/kWh
€0.053/kWh
Housing market
Dwelling price per m² — old housing-company dwellings (Statistics Finland)
€2,293/m²
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
74 m
525 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
143 days/yr
55 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
4 days/yr