NUTS-3 FRJ23 · France
Population
1,503,2402025
GDP
€73,333M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.3%2025
Active firms
364,6032026
Cadastral parcels
1,350,5262026
Area
6,363.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRJ23 · FR103
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Yvelines (Opportunity 73). Runner-up: Haute-Garonne (61). Contrarian pick: Haute-Garonne — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 97).
#1Yvelines
Strengths
Talent & skills (95) · Energy cost (88)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Yvelines
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 7) — Haute-Garonne may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Yvelines 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
61.3
73.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
63.0
65.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
56.0
69.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
41.7
75.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
49.3
75.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
91.8
94.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
47.2
31.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.7% 5y
2.1% 5y
Population
1.2% 5y
0.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.0% 5y
1.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€48,783
€46,033
Population density
236 /km²
654 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
898
445
Firms per 1k pop
243
205
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€65,584M
€61,960M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€130M
€52M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€11,264M
€9,087M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€9,647M
€7,889M
GVA — construction (F)
€3,513M
€3,917M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€13,638M
€12,454M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,600
€29,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
45,300 PPS
43,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€49,200
€46,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€27,134M
€192,308M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,274M
€9,999M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€63,709M
€456,581M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€7,480M
€12,263M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€5,129M
€3,991M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€20,788M
€23,917M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€16,252M
€12,534M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€66,171M
€63,809M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€98,768
€118,395
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€16,353M
€15,637M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
756,700
596,200
Self-employed persons
77,800
55,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
74,900
64,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.9%
76.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.9%
21.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.5%
8.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
772,500
729,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
123,292
107,863
Enterprise births
17,875
16,577
Enterprise deaths
14,472
13,406
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.0%
6.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
4.1%
2.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.1%
9.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.7%
3.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.9%
58.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
56.4%
72.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
18.2%
18.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
33.7%
40.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.7%
14.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.4%
96.2%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
5,625,077
3,244,255
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
433 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,547
7,124
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
31,349 kt
13,895 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
14 km/1000km²
52 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
369
474
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
48
35
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
995,003
954,362
Population aged 65+
265,991
264,743
Population aged under 15
242,246
285,460
Median age of population
39.1 yrs
40.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.7%
27.7%
Crude rate of total population change
10.7 /1k
6.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.1 /1k
1.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.7 /1k
11.3 /1k
Crude death rate
7.1 /1k
6.7 /1k
Live births
14,454
17,002
Deaths
10,579
10,058
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.1%
57.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
1.81
Population density (persons per km²)
236 /km²
660 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,906,359
1,449,606
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.3%
20.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.7 yrs
84.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
18.9%
16.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
564 /100k
473 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
780 /100k
761 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
211 /100k
192 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
91.1 /100k
55.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
524 /100k
353 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,243 /100k
1,563 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
60 /M
21 /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)
311 m
106 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
23 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
19 days/yr
33 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
3 days/yr