NUTS-3 FRI32 · France
Population
681,6472025
GDP
€22,000M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.2%2025
Active firms
182,6702026
Cadastral parcels
1,702,6502026
Area
6,880.8 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
FRI32 · FRH01
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Côtes-d’Armor (Opportunity 56). Runner-up: Charente-Maritime (55).
Strengths
Energy cost (88) · Air quality (70)
Red flags
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Côtes-d’Armor
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 17) — Charente-Maritime may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Côtes-d’Armor · Manufacturing → Côtes-d’Armor · Office → Charente-Maritime · Residential → Côtes-d’Armor.
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
54.9
56.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
69.3
80.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
50.0
59.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
70.3
91.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
32.0
34.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
67.8
74.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
56.4
56.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.9% 5y
1.6% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.7% 5y
3.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€32,275
€31,587
Population density
99 /km²
88 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
2,498
2,108
Firms per 1k pop
268
222
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€19,621M
€17,353M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€765M
€1,120M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,967M
€2,697M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,550M
€2,431M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,345M
€1,421M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,690M
€2,980M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,200
€23,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,000 PPS
29,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,500
€31,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,628M
€28,333M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,666M
€3,146M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€31,119M
€65,081M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€4,261M
€2,814M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€224M
€378M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,356M
€4,597M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,498M
€4,539M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€19,581M
€17,383M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€82,980
€81,510
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,075M
€4,424M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
270,200
243,100
Self-employed persons
43,400
35,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,400
28,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.1%
75.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.4%
16.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.4%
5.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
281,200
263,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
57,570
40,017
Enterprise births
6,921
5,012
Enterprise deaths
5,738
3,942
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.0%
5.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.8%
1.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
1.2%
5.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
1.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
40.6%
42.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.7%
48.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.8%
16.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.8%
28.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.6%
9.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.3%
93.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
12,561,780
4,384,982
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
630 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,817
3,439
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
21,684 kt
21,340 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
12 km/1000km²
2 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
413
559
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
100
123
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)
381,275
348,169
Population aged 65+
207,664
173,886
Population aged under 15
92,708
93,485
Median age of population
50.9 yrs
49.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
54.5%
49.9%
Crude rate of total population change
6.7 /1k
3.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
12.7 /1k
8.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.8 /1k
7.5 /1k
Crude death rate
12.8 /1k
13.1 /1k
Live births
4,619
4,599
Deaths
8,679
8,030
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
78.8%
76.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
1.64
Population density (persons per km²)
99 /km²
88 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
620,027
529,721
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.6%
14.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.5 yrs
82.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.3%
10.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
493 /100k
541 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
848 /100k
849 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
226 /100k
224 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
26.6 /100k
22.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
512 /100k
308 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,536 /100k
1,041 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
68 /M
49 /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)
39 m
128 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
16 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
15 days/yr
10 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
3 days/yr