NUTS-3 FRK27 · France
Population
452,8442025
GDP
€21,409M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.1%2025
Active firms
165,3862026
Cadastral parcels
1,757,0412026
Area
6,276.7 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
FRK27 · FRD21
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Savoie (Opportunity 66). Runner-up: Eure (59). Contrarian pick: Eure — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 77).
Why you might not pick Savoie
Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 21) — Eure may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Savoie 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
65.5
59.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
62.5
62.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
64.1
44.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
60.7
76.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
51.7
42.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
89.8
61.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
58.8
41.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.4% 5y
2.0% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.1% 5y
0.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€47,278
€30,149
Population density
72 /km²
100 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
3,880
1,217
Firms per 1k pop
365
183
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€19,129M
€16,270M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€120M
€287M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,787M
€4,233M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,998M
€4,012M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,612M
€1,020M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,607M
€2,657M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,600
€23,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
43,500 PPS
27,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€47,300
€30,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€66,409M
€14,261M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€8,444M
€2,354M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€150,675M
€34,022M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,530M
€2,372M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€240M
€229M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,777M
€4,133M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,227M
€3,940M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€19,137M
€16,625M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€91,143
€89,481
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,830M
€3,961M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
239,400
207,200
Self-employed persons
33,600
24,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,600
34,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.4%
74.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
16.9%
23.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.1%
8.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
216,000
270,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
51,534
34,867
Enterprise births
5,872
4,728
Enterprise deaths
4,977
3,739
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.8%
6.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.0%
1.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.6%
2.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.2%
0.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
49.4%
38.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
60.1%
47.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
17.4%
13.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
34.0%
25.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.9%
7.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.6%
94.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
16,141,522
1,938,619
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,009 kt
13,150 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,033
1,664
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
29 km/1000km²
36 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
670
276
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
85
93
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)
278,192
363,776
Population aged 65+
103,081
130,799
Population aged under 15
71,571
108,842
Median age of population
44.2 yrs
43.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.1%
36.0%
Crude rate of total population change
5.4 /1k
0.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.7 /1k
1.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
9.1 /1k
Crude death rate
8.9 /1k
9.7 /1k
Live births
3,902
5,461
Deaths
4,040
5,870
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.8%
65.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
1.73
Population density (persons per km²)
73 /km²
101 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
419,810
527,692
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.0%
17.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.2 yrs
81.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.0%
13.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
511 /100k
535 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
771 /100k
921 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
204 /100k
247 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
1.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
31.8 /100k
29.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
452 /100k
406 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,739 /100k
1,185 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M
54 /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)
2,379 m
139 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
271 days/yr
32 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
19 days/yr
2 days/yr