NUTS-3 FRK11 · France
Population
331,2092025
GDP
€10,342M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77%2025
Active firms
71,1842026
Cadastral parcels
737,3572026
Area
7,377.7 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRK11 · FRD13
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Orne (Opportunity 44). Runner-up: Allier (43).
#1Orne
Strengths
Air quality (90) · Energy cost (88)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 15 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Orne
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%); Long-run slide: down 15 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 8) — Allier may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Allier · Manufacturing → Orne · Office → Allier · Residential → Allier.
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
43.2
43.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
57.3
64.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
55.2
48.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
82.3
90.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
51.0
32.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
64.8
61.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
25.4
22.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.8% 5y
0.6% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.1% 5y
1.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€31,225
€29,448
Population density
45 /km²
44 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
2,226
2,066
Firms per 1k pop
215
210
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,229M
€7,163M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€204M
€368M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,738M
€1,479M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,421M
€1,359M
GVA — construction (F)
€557M
€500M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,537M
€1,007M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,400
€23,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,500 PPS
27,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,000
€29,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,591M
€11,208M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,415M
€1,469M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€23,857M
€26,527M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,690M
€1,111M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€74M
€47M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,418M
€1,664M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,775M
€2,146M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,200M
€7,133M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€82,280
€75,411
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,356M
€1,788M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
128,100
108,500
Self-employed persons
17,100
14,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,300
17,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.2%
76.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.6%
15.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.4%
6.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
145,200
117,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
20,144
15,303
Enterprise births
2,446
1,734
Enterprise deaths
1,887
1,458
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
5.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
1.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.8%
2.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
40.4%
39.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.9%
50.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
15.9%
14.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.3%
26.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.9%
7.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.9%
90.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,177,714
578,069
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,705 kt
10,118 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,503
913
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
19 km/1000km²
16 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
756
335
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
64
171
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)
186,111
153,919
Population aged 65+
97,698
77,450
Population aged under 15
47,400
41,258
Median age of population
50.3 yrs
49.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
52.5%
50.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.1 /1k
-4.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.0 /1k
0.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
7.9 /1k
Crude death rate
13.5 /1k
13.3 /1k
Live births
2,498
2,150
Deaths
4,494
3,642
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
78.0%
77.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.64
1.73
Population density (persons per km²)
45 /km²
45 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
264,479
216,542
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
22.4%
16.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.7 yrs
82.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.7%
12.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
660 /100k
557 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
871 /100k
894 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
230 /100k
230 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
21.1 /100k
29.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
402 /100k
500 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,188 /100k
1,070 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
64 /M
63 /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)
403 m
266 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
17 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
30 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr