NUTS-3 FRK14 · France
Population
664,3182025
GDP
€26,006M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77%2025
Active firms
148,7222026
Cadastral parcels
1,571,4652026
Area
8,011.8 km²
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FRK14 · DK050
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Puy-de-Dôme (Opportunity 51). Runner-up: Nordjylland (50). Contrarian pick: Nordjylland — leads the set on Governance (EU pctl 99).
Why you might not pick Puy-de-Dôme
Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 27) — Nordjylland may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Nordjylland · Manufacturing → Nordjylland · Office → Nordjylland · Residential → Puy-de-Dôme.
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
51.1
49.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
58.5
70.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
55.5
54.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
74.7
—
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
71.0
69.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
64.8
68.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
28.8
30.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.7% 5y
1.0% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.1% 5y
2.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€39,146
€51,541
Population density
83 /km²
73 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
2,366
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
224
FR-only
All indicators · 90 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€23,239M
€27,075M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€275M
€559M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,148M
€5,209M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,574M
€4,405M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,308M
€1,939M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,076M
€5,295M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,400
€26,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,900 PPS
39,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,000
€51,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,591M
€7,012M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,415M
€788M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€23,857M
€16,981M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,585M
€3,940M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€635M
€856M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,363M
€6,724M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,070M
€7,348M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€23,133M
€27,868M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€90,953
€104,334
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,924M
€7,141M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
291,400
302,700
Self-employed persons
34,100
17,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
37,000
38,390
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.2%
80.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.6%
13.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.4%
6.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
316,700
316,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
46,299
35,128
Enterprise births
5,914
2,323
Enterprise deaths
4,599
3,352
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
3.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
1.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.8%
3.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
40.4%
36.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.9%
46.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
15.9%
28.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.3%
23.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.9%
8.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.9%
96.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,079,020
5,021,757
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
518 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,033
4,922
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
17,833 kt
26,161 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
758
830
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
19 km/1000km²
24 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
7
6
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
405,808
365,970
Population aged 65+
157,975
138,113
Population aged under 15
100,535
88,685
Median age of population
44.3 yrs
44.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.9%
37.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.1 /1k
-0.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.8 /1k
1.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
8.7 /1k
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
11.0 /1k
Live births
5,415
5,168
Deaths
6,640
6,497
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.7%
62.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
1.48
Population density (persons per km²)
83 /km²
77 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
753,484
705,754
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
22.4%
16.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.7 yrs
81.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.7%
12.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
660 /100k
198 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
871 /100k
1,005 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
230 /100k
271 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
1.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
48.6 /100k
15.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
602 /100k
349 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,566 /100k
1,549 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
64 /M
32 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.46
2.10
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.27
2.02
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
2.00
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.39
2.30
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
0.84
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.122/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
€0.043/kWh
Housing market
Average sold price, one-family houses (DKK thousands, Statistics Denmark)
—
1,911 kDKK
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
380 m
9 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
18 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
47 days/yr
54 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
3 days/yr