NUTS-3 FRB06 · France
Population
694,9302025
GDP
€26,874M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.9%2025
Active firms
127,8302026
Cadastral parcels
844,7002026
Area
6,820.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRB06 · FRF31
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Loiret (Opportunity 66). Runner-up: Meurthe-et-Moselle (56). Contrarian pick: Meurthe-et-Moselle — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 86).
#1Loiret
Strengths
Energy cost (88) · Demographic outlook (76)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 17 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Loiret
Long-run slide: down 17 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 35) — Meurthe-et-Moselle may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Loiret 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
66.4
56.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
61.5
49.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
52.1
42.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
69.3
56.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
46.3
48.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
73.0
54.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
54.6
46.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.6% 5y
1.7% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
7.3% 5y
2.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€38,671
€33,903
Population density
102 /km²
138 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
1,216
1,264
Firms per 1k pop
184
180
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€24,008M
€22,075M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€307M
€170M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,894M
€3,169M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,807M
€2,037M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,484M
€1,200M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,441M
€3,803M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,500
€22,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,800 PPS
31,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,900
€33,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€20,283M
€16,068M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,604M
€1,764M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€46,136M
€37,107M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,507M
€3,838M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€548M
€546M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,896M
€6,614M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,986M
€7,119M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€23,827M
€21,947M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€92,906
€91,004
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€6,056M
€5,548M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
294,800
277,200
Self-employed persons
26,300
27,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
34,700
22,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.3%
72.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.0%
24.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.1%
7.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
322,800
333,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
40,649
40,849
Enterprise births
5,601
5,984
Enterprise deaths
4,391
4,566
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.3%
6.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.4%
2.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.0%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.4%
35.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
51.6%
48.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.2%
10.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.6%
24.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.0%
6.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.3%
93.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,794,749
1,395,691
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
631 /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.
2,747
4,176
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
20,794 kt
16,818 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
25 km/1000km²
20 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
395
572
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
90
76
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
420,315
459,560
Population aged 65+
151,896
155,663
Population aged under 15
122,719
114,880
Median age of population
42.5 yrs
41.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.1%
33.9%
Crude rate of total population change
2.5 /1k
-1.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.2 /1k
0.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
10.0 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude death rate
9.7 /1k
9.6 /1k
Live births
6,960
5,858
Deaths
6,716
7,010
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.3%
58.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.77
1.31
Population density (persons per km²)
103 /km²
139 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
704,539
759,466
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.1%
20.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.6 yrs
81.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.0%
15.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
555 /100k
566 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
862 /100k
946 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
228 /100k
240 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
51.8 /100k
46.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
407 /100k
359 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,350 /100k
1,546 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
66 /M
51 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.46
1.46
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.27
1.27
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
1.02
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.39
1.39
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
0.02
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.107/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
€0.053/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
143 m
375 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
29 days/yr
62 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr