NUTS-3 FRI21 · France
Population
241,2742025
GDP
€7,936M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.8%2025
Active firms
62,7392026
Cadastral parcels
992,7622026
Area
5,903.5 km²
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FRI21 · DED2F
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge (Opportunity 47). Runner-up: Corrèze (44). Contrarian pick: Corrèze — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 88).
Why you might not pick Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 23) — Corrèze may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge · Manufacturing → Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge · Office → Corrèze · Residential → Corrèze.
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
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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
44.0
46.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
66.8
55.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
51.9
60.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
77.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
25.7
73.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
71.5
48.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
52.2
29.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.0% 5y
0.1% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.9% 5y
15.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€32,891
€28,632
Population density
41 /km²
148 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
4,115
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
260
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,082M
€6,381M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€186M
€169M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,171M
€1,585M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€897M
€1,388M
GVA — construction (F)
€454M
€606M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,306M
€945M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,200
€25,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,500 PPS
25,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,100
€28,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,305M
€12,678M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€487M
€2,549M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€11,918M
€35,145M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,350M
—
GVA — information & communication (J)
€58M
—
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,005M
€1,141M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,961M
€1,935M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,070M
€5,911M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,775
€72,107
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,840M
€1,419M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
98,900
102,740
Self-employed persons
13,900
10,760
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,200
21,240
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.3%
83.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.0%
—
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.2%
4.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
102,400
114,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
17,018
8,993
Enterprise births
1,989
502
Enterprise deaths
1,550
688
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.8%
2.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.2%
2.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.6%
7.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
1.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.4%
36.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
51.0%
40.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.2%
8.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.3%
24.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.6%
9.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.9%
—
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,422,525
1,847,761
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
533 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
888
2,412
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,117 kt
6,585 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
368
989
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
16 km/1000km²
—
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
116
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)
137,213
140,262
Population aged 65+
70,954
70,450
Population aged under 15
33,107
33,284
Median age of population
50.4 yrs
51.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
51.7%
50.2%
Crude rate of total population change
1.0 /1k
-4.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.5 /1k
4.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
5.2 /1k
Crude death rate
13.2 /1k
14.3 /1k
Live births
1,614
1,276
Deaths
3,190
3,497
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
75.8%
74.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
1.33
Population density (persons per km²)
41 /km²
149 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
221,176
224,054
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
22.0%
17.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.4 yrs
82.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.4%
14.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
742 /100k
—
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
854 /100k
1,076 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
222 /100k
222 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
17.0 /100k
20.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
352 /100k
240 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
902 /100k
625 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
59 /M
42 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.46
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.27
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.39
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
304 m
262 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
17 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
20 days/yr
68 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
14 days/yr
3 days/yr