NUTS-3 FRL05 · France
Population
1,139,0502025
GDP
€38,170M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
74.4%2025
Active firms
339,0192026
Cadastral parcels
934,8152026
Area
6,034.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRL05 · FRL03
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Alpes-Maritimes (Opportunity 61). Runner-up: Var (59). Contrarian pick: Var — leads the set on Resilience (EU pctl 62).
Strengths
Energy cost (88) · Economic base (79)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Alpes-Maritimes
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 5) — Var may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Alpes-Maritimes · Manufacturing → Alpes-Maritimes · Office → Alpes-Maritimes · Residential → Var.
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
58.7
60.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
61.5
54.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
48.0
49.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
42.7
26.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
38.3
62.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
75.8
75.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
56.8
52.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.8% 5y
3.0% 5y
Population
1.0% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.8% 5y
1.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€33,510
€45,261
Population density
189 /km²
266 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
821
691
Firms per 1k pop
298
370
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€34,049M
€46,321M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€228M
€27M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,540M
€3,793M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,920M
€3,037M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,210M
€2,480M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,634M
€12,364M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,900
€25,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,300 PPS
42,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,900
€46,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€49,335M
€49,335M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,075M
€3,075M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€105,791M
€105,791M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€9,511M
€10,119M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€459M
€3,587M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€12,887M
€16,612M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€9,551M
€11,045M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€34,094M
€46,311M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€88,532
€101,714
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€8,781M
€11,928M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
439,400
519,500
Self-employed persons
76,100
84,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
24,800
27,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.4%
73.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
22.6%
22.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.3%
7.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
478,300
501,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
115,476
137,086
Enterprise births
15,623
19,375
Enterprise deaths
12,696
15,176
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.2%
6.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.1%
2.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.4%
4.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.6%
1.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.5%
42.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
52.3%
52.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.2%
13.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.8%
29.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.7%
9.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.1%
94.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
17,776,246
13,984,430
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
593 /1k
593 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
19,267 kt
9,272 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,763
6,269
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
24 km/1000km²
24 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
418
547
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
82
29
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
651,961
683,327
Population aged 65+
320,445
294,039
Population aged under 15
166,644
168,144
Median age of population
48.6 yrs
46.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
49.2%
43.0%
Crude rate of total population change
8.7 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.6 /1k
9.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
8.7 /1k
Crude death rate
11.2 /1k
10.8 /1k
Live births
9,435
9,920
Deaths
12,730
12,313
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
74.7%
67.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.63
1.53
Population density (persons per km²)
189 /km²
266 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,135,569
1,054,902
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.7%
20.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.8 yrs
83.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.1%
16.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
625 /100k
625 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
851 /100k
851 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
202 /100k
202 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.0 /100k
1.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
56.1 /100k
104 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
456 /100k
380 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,888 /100k
2,233 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
56 /M
56 /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)
237 m
877 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
66 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
13 days/yr
62 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
12 days/yr