NUTS-3 FRJ27 · France
Population
400,7462025
GDP
€11,389M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.3%2025
Active firms
93,5052026
Cadastral parcels
1,054,8072026
Area
5,776.7 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRJ27 · FRF34
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Vosges (Opportunity 51). Runner-up: Tarn (49). Contrarian pick: Tarn — leads the set on Talent & skills (EU pctl 92).
#1Vosges
Strengths
Energy cost (88) · Air quality (74)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 17 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Vosges
Long-run slide: down 17 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 15) — Tarn may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Vosges · Manufacturing → Vosges · Office → Tarn · Residential → Tarn.
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
48.5
51.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
67.5
53.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
59.1
44.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
69.7
73.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
40.7
50.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
91.8
54.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
42.0
40.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.8% 5y
1.4% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.0% 5y
2.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€28,420
€31,483
Population density
69 /km²
60 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
2,632
2,725
Firms per 1k pop
233
223
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,161M
€9,936M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€211M
€245M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,779M
€2,153M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,443M
€1,904M
GVA — construction (F)
€665M
€731M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,499M
€1,528M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,600
€22,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
26,200 PPS
28,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,500
€31,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€27,134M
€16,068M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,274M
€1,764M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€63,709M
€37,107M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,781M
€1,471M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€159M
€72M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,884M
€2,457M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,124M
€2,822M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,277M
€9,868M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€80,051
€80,962
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,540M
€2,494M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
145,000
140,100
Self-employed persons
23,800
17,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,400
22,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.9%
72.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.9%
24.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.5%
7.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
179,400
149,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
31,462
23,716
Enterprise births
3,962
2,848
Enterprise deaths
3,214
2,192
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.5%
5.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
4.1%
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.1%
2.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.7%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.9%
35.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
56.4%
48.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
18.2%
10.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
33.7%
24.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.7%
6.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.4%
93.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
887,501
2,044,963
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,442 kt
10,331 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,858
2,774
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
14 km/1000km²
20 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
464
785
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
65
102
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
231,030
206,347
Population aged 65+
109,362
95,199
Population aged under 15
60,354
51,960
Median age of population
48.3 yrs
48.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
47.3%
46.1%
Crude rate of total population change
4.1 /1k
-5.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.2 /1k
-0.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
7.5 /1k
Crude death rate
11.2 /1k
12.7 /1k
Live births
2,818
2,655
Deaths
4,473
4,509
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
73.5%
71.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
1.57
Population density (persons per km²)
70 /km²
60 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
358,056
283,985
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.3%
20.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.7 yrs
81.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
18.9%
15.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
564 /100k
566 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
780 /100k
946 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
211 /100k
240 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
1.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
25.3 /100k
23.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
382 /100k
331 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
926 /100k
1,105 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
60 /M
51 /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)
195 m
419 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
24 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
25 days/yr
60 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
4 days/yr