NUTS-3 FR101 · France
Population
2,065,5602025
GDP
€279,938M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
8.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.5%2025
Active firms
1,341,5642026
Cadastral parcels
78,1802026
Area
99.8 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
FR101 · PL911
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Miasto Warszawa (Opportunity 73). Runner-up: Paris (71). Contrarian pick: Paris — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 100).
Strengths
Labour market (100) · Economic base (98)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
#2Paris
Strengths
Economic base (100) · Demographic outlook (98)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Miasto Warszawa
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%); Air quality (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 5) — Paris may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Miasto Warszawa · Manufacturing → Miasto Warszawa · Office → Miasto Warszawa · Residential → Paris.
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
70.7
73.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
40.8
40.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
59.4
58.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
24.0
9.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
75.3
60.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
94.5
95.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
23.4
84.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.4% 5y
4.5% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.4% 5y
0.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€135,526
€57,992
Population density
20,702 /km²
3,634 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
38
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
649
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€250,270M
€98,264M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€0M
€32M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,888M
€12,508M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,248M
€4,740M
GVA — construction (F)
€3,914M
€5,714M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€74,177M
€34,332M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,600
€15,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
123,100 PPS
81,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€133,700
€55,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€192,308M
€25,304M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€9,999M
€1,739M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€456,581M
€54,507M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€25,119M
—
GVA — information & communication (J)
€35,404M
—
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€109,776M
€33,600M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€54,514M
€12,078M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€257,907M
€90,845M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€126,771
€89,869
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€63,202M
€23,442M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
2,250,500
1,482,700
Self-employed persons
190,700
266,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
46,800
103,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.6%
83.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
21.2%
10.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.8%
2.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
1,097,400
1,046,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
439,969
270,470
Enterprise births
63,928
38,762
Enterprise deaths
48,417
30,524
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.2%
5.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.9%
2.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
9.1%
11.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.0%
3.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
58.6%
65.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
72.7%
69.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
18.0%
18.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
40.1%
45.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.1%
16.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.2%
97.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
47,271,179
8,021,740
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
433 /1k
685 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,788 kt
16,134 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,154
4,459
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
201
238
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
52 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
14
9
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
1,435,254
1,228,932
Population aged 65+
388,063
371,451
Population aged under 15
242,243
274,904
Median age of population
39.2 yrs
41.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.0%
30.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-9.3 /1k
3.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-12.9 /1k
4.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
10.4 /1k
7.9 /1k
Crude death rate
6.8 /1k
9.2 /1k
Live births
21,484
14,859
Deaths
14,079
17,254
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
43.9%
52.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.27
0.98
Population density (persons per km²)
20,148 /km²
3,700 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
2,135,136
1,813,849
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.9%
7.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.6 yrs
79.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.9%
6.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
473 /100k
537 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
761 /100k
1,339 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
192 /100k
268 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
374 /100k
14.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
607 /100k
187 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
6,316 /100k
542 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
21 /M
27 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.46
0.52
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.27
0.69
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
0.35
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.39
0.67
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
0.54
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.113/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
€0.064/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
39 m
86 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
10 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
33 days/yr
82 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr