NUTS-3 FRI13 · France
Population
442,1332025
GDP
€13,492M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.4%2025
Active firms
123,9622026
Cadastral parcels
975,6882026
Area
9,367.5 km²
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FRI13 · PT192
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Landes (Opportunity 52). Runner-up: Região de Coimbra (52). Contrarian pick: Região de Coimbra — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 90).
#1Landes
Strengths
Energy cost (88) · Resilience (78)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 19 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Strengths
Energy cost (90) · Resilience (83)
Red flags
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Landes
Long-run slide: down 19 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 21) — Região de Coimbra may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Região de Coimbra · Manufacturing → Região de Coimbra · Office → Landes · Residential → Região de Coimbra.
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
52.1
51.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
77.5
82.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
56.3
47.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
66.3
50.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
28.0
26.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
74.3
70.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
50.0
71.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.5% 5y
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Population
1.1% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.1% 5y
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Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€30,515
€23,395
Population density
47 /km²
105 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
2,207
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
280
FR-only
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€12,042M
€9,207M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€521M
€238M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,675M
€1,788M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,492M
€1,439M
GVA — construction (F)
€852M
€415M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,392M
€1,933M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,000
€14,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,500 PPS
28,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€30,900
€23,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€30,151M
€7,092M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,628M
€2,154M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€68,404M
€16,948M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,299M
€883M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€101M
€252M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,491M
€1,758M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,112M
€2,399M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€12,100M
—
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€80,880
—
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,046M
—
Labour market
Employment, total persons
170,000
193,990
Self-employed persons
27,600
30,910
Employment in manufacturing (C)
18,300
28,770
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.0%
79.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.1%
19.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.7%
—
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
204,400
—
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
37,419
55,856
Enterprise births
4,824
8,501
Enterprise deaths
3,911
6,680
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
5.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.8%
2.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.2%
4.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.2%
1.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
44.0%
33.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
53.3%
46.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
18.0%
17.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.7%
23.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.4%
10.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.6%
88.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
10,856,550
2,071,190
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,007
1,554
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
14,609 kt
5,988 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
228
343
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
21 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
91
118
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
256,823
273,433
Population aged 65+
120,065
128,343
Population aged under 15
65,245
50,783
Median age of population
48.9 yrs
50.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.8%
46.9%
Crude rate of total population change
9.5 /1k
10.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
14.2 /1k
16.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
6.7 /1k
Crude death rate
11.7 /1k
12.5 /1k
Live births
3,085
3,085
Deaths
5,148
5,784
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
72.2%
65.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.45
1.33
Population density (persons per km²)
48 /km²
105 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
384,013
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Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.6%
19.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.5 yrs
83.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.0%
17.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
545 /100k
332 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
807 /100k
—
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
222 /100k
209 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
35.4 /100k
45.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
389 /100k
138 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,343 /100k
508 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
57 /M
80 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.46
—
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.27
—
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
—
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.39
—
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
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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
€0.045/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
74 m
55 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
37 days/yr
41 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
17 days/yr
3 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
14 days/yr