NUTS-3 FRI23 · France
Population
372,7942025
GDP
€12,368M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.8%2025
Active firms
77,4362026
Cadastral parcels
941,7882026
Area
5,555.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRI23 · FRI33
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Deux-Sèvres (Opportunity 49). Runner-up: Haute-Vienne (47). Contrarian pick: Haute-Vienne — leads the set on Talent & skills (EU pctl 72).
Strengths
Energy cost (88) · Air quality (79)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 16 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Deux-Sèvres
Its weakest dimension is Connectivity (EU pctl 22) — Haute-Vienne may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Deux-Sèvres · Manufacturing → Deux-Sèvres · Office → Haute-Vienne · Residential → Haute-Vienne.
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
47.0
48.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
57.0
66.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
52.4
49.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
79.0
79.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
29.0
22.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
71.5
67.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
43.6
42.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.3% 5y
1.3% 5y
Population
0.0% 5y
0.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.3% 5y
5.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€33,176
€34,764
Population density
67 /km²
62 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
2,526
2,464
Firms per 1k pop
208
198
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€11,025M
€11,633M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€145M
€605M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,425M
€1,869M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,107M
€1,542M
GVA — construction (F)
€604M
€726M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,809M
€2,127M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,200
€23,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,700 PPS
32,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,300
€34,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,305M
€14,628M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€487M
€1,666M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€11,918M
€31,119M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,201M
€1,624M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€203M
€353M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,211M
€3,670M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,831M
€2,637M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,018M
€11,598M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€83,532
€82,588
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,867M
€3,006M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
150,900
160,800
Self-employed persons
19,000
18,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,200
21,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.3%
74.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.0%
19.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.1%
6.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
164,100
162,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
24,186
20,774
Enterprise births
3,067
2,601
Enterprise deaths
2,538
2,042
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.3%
6.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.2%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.6%
1.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.4%
40.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
51.0%
46.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.2%
13.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.3%
27.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.6%
8.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.9%
95.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
983,372
731,359
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,073 kt
16,113 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,781
852
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
16 km/1000km²
12 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
478
227
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
155
193
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
219,725
220,310
Population aged 65+
99,781
95,589
Population aged under 15
53,288
58,941
Median age of population
47.1 yrs
47.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.4%
43.4%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.9 /1k
-1.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.1 /1k
3.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude death rate
11.9 /1k
11.9 /1k
Live births
2,919
2,847
Deaths
4,429
4,447
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
69.7%
70.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
1.59
Population density (persons per km²)
68 /km²
62 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
353,806
319,486
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
22.0%
17.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.4 yrs
82.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.4%
13.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
742 /100k
493 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
854 /100k
848 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
222 /100k
226 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
28.7 /100k
25.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
394 /100k
413 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,274 /100k
1,034 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
59 /M
68 /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)
333 m
206 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
28 days/yr
22 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
5 days/yr