NUTS-3 FRK25 · France
Population
776,3292025
GDP
€25,880M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.1%2025
Active firms
160,0942026
Cadastral parcels
1,080,4892026
Area
4,811.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRK25 · FRD11
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Loire (Opportunity 58). Runner-up: Calvados (54). Contrarian pick: Calvados — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 68).
Why you might not pick Loire
Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 25) — Calvados may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Loire 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
57.8
53.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
66.8
65.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
59.0
45.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
48.3
67.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
55.0
33.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
89.8
61.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
38.2
36.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.3% 5y
1.7% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.1% 5y
1.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€33,337
€36,307
Population density
161 /km²
128 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
1,392
1,014
Firms per 1k pop
206
227
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€23,119M
€23,187M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€259M
€334M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,501M
€3,121M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,101M
€2,584M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,652M
€1,486M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,418M
€4,373M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,600
€23,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,700 PPS
33,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,300
€36,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€66,409M
€11,208M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€8,444M
€1,469M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€150,675M
€26,527M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€4,096M
€3,765M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€337M
€426M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,982M
€7,045M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,306M
€6,829M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€23,133M
€23,078M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€87,079
€84,882
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,839M
€5,785M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
302,900
311,900
Self-employed persons
35,900
36,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
45,500
31,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.4%
76.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
16.9%
15.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.1%
6.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
357,400
330,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
54,236
49,803
Enterprise births
7,013
6,664
Enterprise deaths
5,575
5,038
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.5%
6.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.0%
1.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.6%
2.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.2%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
49.4%
39.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
60.1%
50.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
17.4%
14.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
34.0%
26.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.9%
7.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.6%
90.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
931,307
7,710,116
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
13,801 kt
15,071 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,979
2,896
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
29 km/1000km²
16 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
770
405
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
68
176
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
460,155
431,671
Population aged 65+
184,198
172,387
Population aged under 15
131,976
111,423
Median age of population
43.7 yrs
44.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.0%
39.9%
Crude rate of total population change
1.2 /1k
3.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.2 /1k
6.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.4 /1k
8.1 /1k
Crude death rate
10.4 /1k
10.7 /1k
Live births
7,304
5,792
Deaths
8,082
7,637
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.7%
65.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.71
1.44
Population density (persons per km²)
163 /km²
128 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
786,693
689,236
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.0%
16.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.2 yrs
82.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.0%
12.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
511 /100k
557 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
771 /100k
894 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
204 /100k
230 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
90.3 /100k
29.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
611 /100k
297 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,739 /100k
1,296 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /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)
363 m
45 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
28 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
49 days/yr
20 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
2 days/yr