NUTS-3 FRG02 · France
Population
840,2962025
GDP
€28,678M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.5%2025
Active firms
162,3882026
Cadastral parcels
1,230,5142026
Area
7,171.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRG02 · FRB06
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Loiret (Opportunity 66). Runner-up: Maine-et-Loire (58). Contrarian pick: Maine-et-Loire — leads the set on Resilience (EU pctl 74).
#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) — Maine-et-Loire 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
57.6
66.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
73.5
61.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
53.7
52.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
68.7
69.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
32.0
46.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
72.3
73.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
49.8
54.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.2% 5y
1.6% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.9% 5y
7.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€34,129
€38,671
Population density
117 /km²
102 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
1,464
1,216
Firms per 1k pop
193
184
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€25,623M
€24,008M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€720M
€307M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,752M
€4,894M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,317M
€3,807M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,761M
€1,484M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,315M
€4,441M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,300
€23,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,600 PPS
35,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,300
€38,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€32,580M
€20,283M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,197M
€2,604M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€79,082M
€46,136M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,864M
€3,507M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€520M
€548M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,465M
€6,896M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,610M
€5,986M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€25,756M
€23,827M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€80,251
€92,906
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€6,425M
€6,056M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
364,200
294,800
Self-employed persons
40,200
26,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
51,800
34,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.1%
76.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
16.1%
18.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.6%
6.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
395,200
322,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
52,234
40,649
Enterprise births
6,906
5,601
Enterprise deaths
5,311
4,391
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.4%
6.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.3%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.5%
4.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.1%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.2%
41.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
54.9%
51.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.8%
16.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.5%
26.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.4%
9.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.3%
94.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,672,577
1,794,749
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
611 /1k
631 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
24,656 kt
20,794 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,002
2,747
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
23 km/1000km²
25 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
476
395
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
253
90
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
512,706
420,315
Population aged 65+
184,459
151,896
Population aged under 15
143,131
122,719
Median age of population
42.2 yrs
42.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.0%
36.1%
Crude rate of total population change
3.8 /1k
2.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.4 /1k
2.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.3 /1k
10.0 /1k
Crude death rate
8.9 /1k
9.7 /1k
Live births
7,786
6,960
Deaths
7,448
6,716
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.9%
65.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.63
1.77
Population density (persons per km²)
117 /km²
103 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
846,837
704,539
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.7%
15.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.5 yrs
82.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.5%
11.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
450 /100k
555 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
799 /100k
862 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
223 /100k
228 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
33.8 /100k
51.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
433 /100k
407 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,269 /100k
1,350 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M
66 /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)
65 m
143 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
14 days/yr
12 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
20 days/yr
29 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr