NUTS-3 FRJ14 · France
Population
76,4092025
GDP
€2,374M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
8.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
72.1%2025
Active firms
22,9012026
Cadastral parcels
591,6402026
Area
5,174.4 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
FRJ14 · SE214
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Lozère (Opportunity 31). Runner-up: Gotlands län (25). Contrarian pick: Gotlands län — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 97).
Why you might not pick Lozère
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 12) — Gotlands län may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Lozère 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
31.3
24.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
48.5
51.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
44.1
53.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
—
52.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
27.7
38.5
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
67.0
77.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
38.0
34.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.1% 5y
1.6% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.9% 5y
6.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€31,070
€40,270
Population density
15 /km²
19 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
7,743
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
300
FR-only
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,114M
€2,199M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€118M
€135M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€202M
€231M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€153M
€169M
GVA — construction (F)
€169M
€177M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€301M
€478M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,300
€22,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,400 PPS
33,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€30,900
€40,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€22,266M
€8,919M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,184M
€1,769M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€47,206M
€18,774M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€439M
€207M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€16M
€105M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€556M
€395M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€767M
€784M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,121M
€2,243M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€76,072
€78,215
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€548M
€618M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
31,800
33,390
Self-employed persons
6,400
4,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,300
2,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.3%
83.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
25.5%
22.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.7%
7.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
32,100
31,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,871
6,233
Enterprise births
604
388
Enterprise deaths
525
349
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
4.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.3%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
3.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.6%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.6%
43.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.5%
45.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.5%
35.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.5%
28.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.9%
9.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.0%
93.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,221,194
946,867
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
530 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,526 kt
1,974 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
224
—
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
293
—
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
22 km/1000km²
6 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
112
30
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
44,346
35,142
Population aged 65+
21,553
16,747
Population aged under 15
10,510
9,082
Median age of population
49.9 yrs
47.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.6%
47.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.8 /1k
-1.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.1 /1k
3.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.6 /1k
6.8 /1k
Crude death rate
12.5 /1k
11.0 /1k
Live births
501
417
Deaths
952
673
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
72.3%
73.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
1.31
Population density (persons per km²)
15 /km²
20 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
73,119
61,808
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
25.3%
16.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.0 yrs
84.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
20.5%
14.5%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
617 /100k
200 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
853 /100k
819 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
227 /100k
199 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
—
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.8 /100k
14.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
144 /100k
229 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
706 /100k
1,570 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
66 /M
32 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.46
1.91
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.27
1.62
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
1.74
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.39
2.03
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
0.94
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.085/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
€0.073/kWh
Housing market
Average sold price, tenant-owned flats (SEK thousands, Statistics Sweden)
—
2,356 kSEK
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
806 m
43 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
54 days/yr
80 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
1 days/yr