NUTS-3 FRF22 · France
Population
308,7342025
GDP
€10,679M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
73.1%2025
Active firms
67,2752026
Cadastral parcels
675,7152026
Area
6,022.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRF22 · SE125
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Aube (Opportunity 55). Runner-up: Västmanlands län (44). Contrarian pick: Västmanlands län — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 97).
#1Aube
Strengths
Energy cost (88) · Air quality (85)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 14 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Aube
Long-run slide: down 14 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 18) — Västmanlands län may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Aube 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
54.9
44.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
56.0
56.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
43.9
53.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
85.0
58.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
38.0
39.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
44.0
92.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
59.6
25.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.0% 5y
0.7% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
9.8% 5y
0.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€34,589
€40,210
Population density
51 /km²
49 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
2,189
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
218
FR-only
All indicators · 90 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,518M
€10,125M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,104M
€149M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,764M
€2,320M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,147M
€2,065M
GVA — construction (F)
€535M
€784M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,522M
€1,899M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,400
€22,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,400 PPS
33,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,100
€40,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€11,131M
€19,140M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,531M
€3,614M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€22,820M
€37,294M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,297M
€917M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€87M
€260M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,201M
€2,208M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,392M
€2,765M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,361M
€10,538M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€92,624
€89,578
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,432M
€2,932M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
117,500
134,270
Self-employed persons
14,000
5,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,000
23,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.4%
82.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.6%
28.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.0%
9.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
133,600
147,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
18,274
17,669
Enterprise births
2,407
1,510
Enterprise deaths
1,874
1,129
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
5.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.6%
4.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
1.5%
6.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
2.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
33.8%
46.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.0%
50.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.6%
38.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.3%
33.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.6%
13.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.3%
94.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,117,470
983,247
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
474 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
14,555 kt
13,739 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,373
5
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
21 km/1000km²
16 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
445
2
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
144
28
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
184,376
170,602
Population aged 65+
72,491
62,668
Population aged under 15
51,867
47,888
Median age of population
43.7 yrs
42.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.3%
36.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.3 /1k
1.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.6 /1k
2.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
8.9 /1k
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
9.7 /1k
Live births
2,594
2,514
Deaths
3,431
2,732
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.4%
64.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.56
1.48
Population density (persons per km²)
52 /km²
55 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
307,871
336,631
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
22.9%
20.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.8 yrs
83.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.9%
17.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
558 /100k
185 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
930 /100k
859 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
228 /100k
207 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
—
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
32.9 /100k
44.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
482 /100k
777 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,615 /100k
2,554 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
80 /M
23 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.46
1.91
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.27
1.62
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
1.74
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.39
2.03
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
0.94
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.085/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
€0.073/kWh
Housing market
Average sold price, tenant-owned flats (SEK thousands, Statistics Sweden)
—
1,312 kSEK
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
146 m
58 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
14 days/yr
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
35 days/yr
121 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr