NUTS-3 FRK26 · France
Population
1,929,5212025
GDP
€111,379M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.1%2025
Active firms
523,7122026
Cadastral parcels
956,1142026
Area
3,259.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRK26 · FRJ23
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Rhône (Opportunity 68). Runner-up: Haute-Garonne (61). Contrarian pick: Haute-Garonne — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 97).
Why you might not pick Rhône
Its weakest dimension is Air quality (EU pctl 26) — Haute-Garonne may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Rhône · Manufacturing → Haute-Garonne · Office → Rhône · Residential → Rhône.
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
67.5
61.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
63.5
63.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
55.7
56.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
25.7
41.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
60.0
49.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
89.8
91.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
54.2
47.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.9% 5y
3.7% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
1.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.1% 5y
3.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€57,724
€48,783
Population density
592 /km²
236 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
496
898
Firms per 1k pop
271
243
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€99,527M
€65,584M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€406M
€130M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€15,582M
€11,264M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€11,524M
€9,647M
GVA — construction (F)
€5,378M
€3,513M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€22,265M
€13,638M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,600
€23,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
53,100 PPS
45,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€57,600
€49,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€66,409M
€27,134M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€8,444M
€3,274M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€150,675M
€63,709M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€11,241M
€7,480M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€7,167M
€5,129M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€34,641M
€20,788M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€21,255M
€16,252M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€99,556M
€66,171M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€102,540
€98,768
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€25,127M
€16,353M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,107,000
756,700
Self-employed persons
103,200
77,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
94,000
74,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.4%
76.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
16.9%
15.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.1%
6.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
971,400
772,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
178,069
123,292
Enterprise births
26,304
17,875
Enterprise deaths
20,825
14,472
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.4%
7.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.0%
4.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.6%
7.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.2%
2.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
49.4%
47.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
60.1%
56.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
17.4%
18.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
34.0%
33.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.9%
14.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.6%
95.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
8,279,966
5,625,077
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
39,769 kt
31,349 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
8,452
5,547
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
29 km/1000km²
14 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
438
369
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
41
48
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)
1,250,707
995,003
Population aged 65+
351,380
265,991
Population aged under 15
327,434
242,246
Median age of population
38.5 yrs
39.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.1%
26.7%
Crude rate of total population change
3.8 /1k
10.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.3 /1k
8.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
11.1 /1k
9.7 /1k
Crude death rate
7.0 /1k
7.1 /1k
Live births
21,420
14,454
Deaths
13,529
10,579
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.3%
51.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.58
1.38
Population density (persons per km²)
597 /km²
236 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
2,401,553
1,906,359
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.0%
23.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.2 yrs
83.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.0%
18.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
511 /100k
564 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
771 /100k
780 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
204 /100k
211 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
1.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
164 /100k
91.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
760 /100k
524 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
3,343 /100k
2,243 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M
60 /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)
377 m
311 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
23 days/yr
23 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
50 days/yr
19 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
5 days/yr