NUTS-3 FRF33 · France
Population
1,050,2552025
GDP
€32,195M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
73.1%2025
Active firms
187,6112026
Cadastral parcels
1,563,8682026
Area
6,243.2 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
FRF33 · HR050
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Moselle (Opportunity 61). Runner-up: Grad Zagreb (60). Contrarian pick: Grad Zagreb — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 91).
#1Moselle
Strengths
Energy cost (88) · Air quality (73)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 16 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Strengths
Economic base (91) · Talent & skills (86)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Moselle
Long-run slide: down 16 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 18) — Grad Zagreb may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Moselle 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
61.1
59.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
50.0
30.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
44.2
46.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
73.0
1.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
54.0
54.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
54.3
85.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
45.2
72.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.3% 5y
5.7% 5y
Population
0.0% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.2% 5y
8.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€30,654
€37,456
Population density
168 /km²
1,221 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
1,489
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
179
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€28,728M
€24,145M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€216M
€32M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,298M
€2,735M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,439M
€2,100M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,781M
€1,181M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,336M
€8,652M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,600
€13,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,000 PPS
52,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€30,400
€37,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,068M
€7,329M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,764M
€461M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€37,107M
€14,255M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€4,673M
€1,092M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€499M
€2,634M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€8,030M
€6,332M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€8,066M
€5,213M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€28,545M
€23,326M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€87,942
€80,212
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€7,216M
€8,099M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
373,100
387,180
Self-employed persons
34,000
32,030
Employment in manufacturing (C)
40,200
41,510
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.3%
77.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
24.8%
15.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.8%
3.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
473,400
395,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
55,320
67,348
Enterprise births
7,988
8,203
Enterprise deaths
5,849
3,641
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.3%
5.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.2%
2.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.1%
12.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
2.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
35.9%
51.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.6%
58.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.9%
10.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.9%
41.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.7%
12.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.7%
92.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,751,430
2,721,617
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
511 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,815
2,102
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
19,790 kt
9,330 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
20 km/1000km²
76 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
554
270
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
72
9
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
652,409
502,831
Population aged 65+
231,424
161,220
Population aged under 15
166,422
113,308
Median age of population
43.8 yrs
43.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.5%
32.1%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.6 /1k
6.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.4 /1k
9.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
8.9 /1k
Crude death rate
10.3 /1k
11.1 /1k
Live births
8,693
6,862
Deaths
10,836
8,635
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.0%
54.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
1.33
Population density (persons per km²)
170 /km²
—
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
949,251
—
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.8%
12.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.7 yrs
80.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.8%
11.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
566 /100k
695 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
946 /100k
1,456 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
240 /100k
310 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
1.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
35.9 /100k
62.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
346 /100k
289 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,257 /100k
453 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
51 /M
22 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.46
0.72
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.27
0.30
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
0.43
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.39
0.11
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
0.73
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.126/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
259 m
113 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
25 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
55 days/yr
66 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
10 days/yr