NUTS-3 FRC24 · France
Population
140,1112025
GDP
€4,530M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
8.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
73.7%2025
Active firms
25,0982026
Cadastral parcels
137,5482026
Area
608 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
FRC24 · DE502
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 47). Runner-up: Territoire de Belfort (39). Contrarian pick: Territoire de Belfort — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 88).
Strengths
Energy cost (88) · Connectivity (69)
Red flags
Growth momentum (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 15 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt
Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 23) — Territoire de Belfort may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt 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
39.0
47.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
41.5
56.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
47.4
42.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
59.0
36.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
69.0
51.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
61.5
57.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
12.6
53.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.0% 5y
1.4% 5y
Population
0.0% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
8.0% 5y
19.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€32,334
€42,821
Population density
230 /km²
1,590 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
982
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
179
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,047M
€4,639M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€24M
€15M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€728M
€893M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€700M
€718M
GVA — construction (F)
€191M
€168M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€652M
€856M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,700
€25,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,300 PPS
38,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,900
€42,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,575M
€5,830M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,453M
€1,216M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€19,541M
€22,387M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€747M
—
GVA — information & communication (J)
€101M
—
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,257M
€1,254M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,196M
€1,454M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,038M
€4,376M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,500
€86,553
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,046M
€741M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
54,000
61,760
Self-employed persons
4,900
3,860
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,000
6,850
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.5%
75.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.5%
—
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.1%
5.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
63,100
58,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,360
3,219
Enterprise births
996
305
Enterprise deaths
798
370
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.6%
6.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.7%
2.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.5%
5.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
2.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.8%
32.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.2%
39.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.7%
11.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.5%
23.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.8%
9.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.6%
—
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
309,330
429,540
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
427 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,020
402
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,505 kt
3,309 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
13 km/1000km²
169 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
728
339
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
47
57
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
86,273
74,834
Population aged 65+
30,480
25,808
Population aged under 15
23,358
17,968
Median age of population
42.8 yrs
43.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.3%
34.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.4 /1k
2.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.7 /1k
6.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
9.0 /1k
Crude death rate
9.8 /1k
13.1 /1k
Live births
1,214
1,066
Deaths
1,369
1,550
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.4%
58.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.56
1.48
Population density (persons per km²)
233 /km²
1,463 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
123,753
117,507
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.4%
35.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.3 yrs
79.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.1%
27.5%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
506 /100k
—
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
853 /100k
1,054 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
228 /100k
253 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
7.1 /100k
2.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
176 /100k
172 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
1,029 /100k
1,344 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
4,590 /100k
2,783 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
64 /M
17 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.46
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.27
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.39
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
360 m
7 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
65 days/yr
38 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
3 days/yr