NUTS-3 FRJ25 · France
Population
177,0682025
GDP
€6,031M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.3%2025
Active firms
51,3192026
Cadastral parcels
1,108,7312026
Area
5,226.9 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRJ25 · PT196
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Lot (Opportunity 40). Runner-up: Beiras e Serra da Estrela (39). Contrarian pick: Beiras e Serra da Estrela — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 93).
Strengths
Air quality (93) · Energy cost (90)
Red flags
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Lot
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 22) — Beiras e Serra da Estrela may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Beiras e Serra da Estrela · Manufacturing → Lot · Office → Lot · Residential → Beiras e Serra da Estrela.
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
39.5
39.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
65.5
72.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
57.6
51.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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92.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
25.0
14.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
91.8
70.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
37.2
64.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.1% 5y
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Population
0.3% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.7% 5y
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Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€34,060
€18,793
Population density
34 /km²
33 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
6,262
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
290
FR-only
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,389M
€3,443M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€116M
€147M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€966M
€618M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€869M
€449M
GVA — construction (F)
€300M
€141M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,140M
€701M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,600
€14,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,500 PPS
22,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,200
€18,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€27,134M
€7,092M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,274M
€2,154M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€63,709M
€16,948M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,011M
€353M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€466M
€87M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,545M
€642M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,322M
€963M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,442M
—
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€89,463
—
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,345M
—
Labour market
Employment, total persons
68,700
86,460
Self-employed persons
13,100
18,780
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,200
11,850
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.9%
79.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.9%
19.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.6%
—
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
74,800
—
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
14,989
21,506
Enterprise births
1,582
2,583
Enterprise deaths
1,482
2,293
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
4.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
4.1%
2.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.1%
4.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.7%
1.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.9%
33.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
56.4%
46.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
18.2%
17.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
33.7%
23.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.7%
10.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.4%
88.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,885,015
1,062,254
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,842 kt
1,095 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
532
42
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
14 km/1000km²
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Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
300
20
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
113
142
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)
96,346
119,569
Population aged 65+
57,799
70,850
Population aged under 15
22,923
20,238
Median age of population
53.4 yrs
53.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
60.0%
59.3%
Crude rate of total population change
1.7 /1k
6.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.6 /1k
17.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.1 /1k
5.6 /1k
Crude death rate
13.9 /1k
16.2 /1k
Live births
1,072
1,199
Deaths
2,464
3,450
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
83.8%
76.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.45
1.26
Population density (persons per km²)
34 /km²
33 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
149,616
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Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.3%
19.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.7 yrs
83.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
18.9%
17.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
564 /100k
332 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
780 /100k
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Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
211 /100k
209 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
32.8 /100k
16.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
431 /100k
85.3 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
968 /100k
390 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
60 /M
80 /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
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Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
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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
€0.045/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
348 m
992 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
21 days/yr
19 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
26 days/yr
40 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
7 days/yr