NUTS-3 FRJ11 · France
Population
381,3362025
GDP
€10,350M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
8.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
72.1%2025
Active firms
112,0342026
Cadastral parcels
1,005,7062026
Area
6,352.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRJ11 · FRJ22
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Aude (Opportunity 45). Runner-up: Aveyron (43). Contrarian pick: Aveyron — leads the set on Talent & skills (EU pctl 92).
Why you might not pick Aude
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 9) — Aveyron may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Aude 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
45.2
43.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
52.5
69.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
40.7
62.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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82.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
30.0
26.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
67.0
91.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
42.2
30.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.8% 5y
1.3% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.4% 5y
3.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€27,142
€31,187
Population density
60 /km²
32 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
2,637
4,627
Firms per 1k pop
294
276
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,226M
€7,755M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€246M
€332M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€728M
€1,253M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€548M
€989M
GVA — construction (F)
€548M
€638M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,001M
€1,401M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,300
€23,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,100 PPS
28,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,300
€31,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€22,266M
€27,134M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,184M
€3,274M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€47,206M
€63,709M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,902M
€1,414M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€78M
€129M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,708M
€2,085M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,996M
€2,046M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,247M
€7,843M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€76,774
€76,955
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,388M
€1,938M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
137,400
115,100
Self-employed persons
23,200
22,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,600
13,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.3%
76.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
25.5%
15.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.9%
6.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
156,700
123,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
30,162
22,499
Enterprise births
3,849
2,547
Enterprise deaths
3,162
2,143
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.0%
5.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.3%
4.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
7.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.6%
2.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.6%
47.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.5%
56.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.5%
18.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.5%
33.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.9%
14.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.0%
95.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,778,059
2,247,181
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,697 kt
10,130 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,270
1,003
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
22 km/1000km²
14 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
333
360
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
114
120
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)
216,837
158,513
Population aged 65+
108,827
80,383
Population aged under 15
55,672
39,795
Median age of population
49.8 yrs
50.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
50.2%
50.7%
Crude rate of total population change
1.8 /1k
-1.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.3 /1k
4.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
6.7 /1k
Crude death rate
12.9 /1k
13.3 /1k
Live births
2,794
1,869
Deaths
4,910
3,699
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
75.9%
75.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
1.48
Population density (persons per km²)
61 /km²
32 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
363,664
242,868
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
25.3%
23.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.0 yrs
83.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
20.5%
18.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
617 /100k
564 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
853 /100k
780 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
227 /100k
211 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.6 /100k
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
44.9 /100k
14.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
561 /100k
284 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,859 /100k
766 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
66 /M
60 /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)
437 m
604 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
20 days/yr
13 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
15 days/yr
42 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
7 days/yr