NUTS-3 FRJ13 · France
Population
1,253,0882025
GDP
€46,218M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
8.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
72.1%2025
Active firms
378,7142026
Cadastral parcels
1,330,8582026
Area
6,236 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRJ13 · NL416
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Noordoost-Noord-Brabant (Opportunity 81). Runner-up: Hérault (58). Contrarian pick: Hérault — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 94).
Strengths
Digital readiness (97) · Economic base (92)
Red flags
Flood: 29% of population in the 100-year floodplain
#2Hérault
Strengths
Demographic outlook (94) · Energy cost (88)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Noordoost-Noord-Brabant
Flood: 29% of population in the 100-year floodplain. Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 33) — Hérault may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Noordoost-Noord-Brabant 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
- Flood defences, return-period design and insurance for flagged regions
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
58.2
81.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
59.5
82.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
40.9
67.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
22.7
51.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
48.7
70.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
67.0
89.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
58.8
62.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.5% 5y
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Population
1.1% 5y
0.8% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.7% 5y
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Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€36,884
€63,072
Population density
201 /km²
506 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
1,062
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
302
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€41,226M
€38,594M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€265M
€1,065M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,101M
€7,550M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,813M
€6,974M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,330M
€3,069M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,661M
€8,417M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,300
€27,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,100 PPS
54,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,100
€63,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€22,266M
€30,094M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,184M
€4,238M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€47,206M
€73,167M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€7,183M
€2,822M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,206M
€1,387M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€13,859M
€8,640M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€12,011M
€7,295M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€41,293M
—
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€90,185
—
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€10,662M
—
Labour market
Employment, total persons
522,300
401,400
Self-employed persons
79,600
66,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,100
40,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.3%
86.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
25.5%
7.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.9%
—
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
555,800
—
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
121,001
88,588
Enterprise births
17,024
7,653
Enterprise deaths
13,794
4,249
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.7%
6.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.3%
—
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
5.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.6%
—
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.6%
43.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.5%
54.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.5%
25.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.5%
29.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.9%
13.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.0%
99.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
16,493,857
1,852,993
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
565 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
15,249 kt
25,354 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,923
1,408
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
393
207
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
22 km/1000km²
102 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
47
28
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
6
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
768,990
430,701
Population aged 65+
292,981
151,371
Population aged under 15
191,117
99,759
Median age of population
43.4 yrs
44.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.1%
35.1%
Crude rate of total population change
8.9 /1k
7.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.8 /1k
7.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
9.2 /1k
Crude death rate
9.4 /1k
9.7 /1k
Live births
10,735
6,269
Deaths
11,783
6,585
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.0%
58.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
1.52
Population density (persons per km²)
206 /km²
509 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,584,288
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Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
25.3%
13.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.0 yrs
82.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
20.5%
11.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
617 /100k
—
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
853 /100k
1,001 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
227 /100k
249 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
—
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
105 /100k
—
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
542 /100k
—
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,497 /100k
—
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
66 /M
43 /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
—
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.142/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
€0.039/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
280 m
8 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
31 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
14 days/yr
34 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
11 days/yr
3 days/yr