NUTS-3 FRE23 · France
Population
562,1792025
GDP
€19,487M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
74.3%2025
Active firms
105,5882026
Cadastral parcels
761,0072026
Area
6,181.9 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRE23 · FRF23
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Marne (Opportunity 62). Runner-up: Somme (61). Contrarian pick: Somme — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 79).
Why you might not pick Marne
Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 18) — Somme may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Marne · Manufacturing → Marne · Office → Marne · Residential → Somme.
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
61.2
61.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
58.5
54.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
43.4
39.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
67.3
54.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
54.7
35.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
50.3
44.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
48.4
60.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.1% 5y
3.3% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.0% 5y
9.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€34,664
€45,054
Population density
91 /km²
68 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
1,354
1,812
Firms per 1k pop
188
252
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€17,389M
€22,459M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€796M
€2,672M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,097M
€4,311M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,709M
€3,832M
GVA — construction (F)
€877M
€1,133M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,986M
€3,743M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€21,900
€22,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,800 PPS
41,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,600
€44,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€13,339M
€11,131M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,885M
€1,531M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€30,350M
€22,820M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,329M
€2,632M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€252M
€258M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,359M
€5,086M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,275M
€5,513M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€17,326M
€22,066M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,993
€100,612
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,344M
€5,733M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
228,300
255,000
Self-employed persons
21,900
27,600
Employment in manufacturing (C)
28,200
26,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.1%
72.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
28.2%
18.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.4%
7.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
253,700
250,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
29,563
35,608
Enterprise births
4,035
4,802
Enterprise deaths
3,085
3,684
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.5%
6.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
0.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.8%
1.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
35.5%
33.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
38.3%
41.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.0%
13.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.6%
21.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.0%
6.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
92.8%
94.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,241,232
2,232,687
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
18,962 kt
32,481 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,143
1,617
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
29 km/1000km²
21 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
381
289
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
60
129
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
345,737
345,827
Population aged 65+
125,758
122,990
Population aged under 15
90,684
89,933
Median age of population
43.0 yrs
42.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.4%
35.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.0 /1k
-3.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.3 /1k
-3.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
9.2 /1k
Crude death rate
10.6 /1k
9.7 /1k
Live births
5,026
5,146
Deaths
5,979
5,419
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.6%
61.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
1.51
Population density (persons per km²)
92 /km²
69 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
574,428
548,897
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.1%
22.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.6 yrs
81.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.5%
17.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
545 /100k
558 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
977 /100k
930 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
244 /100k
228 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
56.0 /100k
62.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
328 /100k
505 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,688 /100k
1,911 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
54 /M
80 /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)
111 m
112 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
12 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
34 days/yr
38 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr