NUTS-3 FRL06 · France
Population
576,9482025
GDP
€21,270M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
74.4%2025
Active firms
160,9452026
Cadastral parcels
823,2832026
Area
3,573.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FRL06 · FRI15
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Opportunity 55). Runner-up: Vaucluse (54). Contrarian pick: Vaucluse — leads the set on Talent & skills (EU pctl 76).
#2Vaucluse
Strengths
Energy cost (88) · Talent & skills (76)
Red flags
Flood: 28% of population in the 100-year floodplain
Why you might not pick Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 20) — Vaucluse may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Vaucluse · Manufacturing → Pyrénées-Atlantiques · Office → Pyrénées-Atlantiques · Residential → Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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
- Flood defences, return-period design and insurance for flagged regions
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
54.4
55.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
65.0
70.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
47.1
57.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
22.0
69.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
49.3
28.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
75.8
74.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
43.4
44.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.7% 5y
2.4% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.8% 5y
1.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€36,866
€37,139
Population density
161 /km²
93 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
1,427
1,544
Firms per 1k pop
279
277
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€18,989M
€23,797M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€334M
€457M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,158M
€3,387M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,654M
€2,751M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,172M
€1,636M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,410M
€4,704M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,900
€24,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,300 PPS
34,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,300
€37,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€49,335M
€30,151M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,075M
€2,628M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€105,791M
€68,404M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,451M
€4,525M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€278M
€545M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,869M
€7,567M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,046M
€6,046M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€18,999M
€23,897M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€87,233
€87,827
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,893M
€6,015M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
248,500
309,200
Self-employed persons
38,100
48,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
18,900
30,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.4%
79.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
22.6%
18.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.3%
7.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
249,500
339,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
55,395
65,317
Enterprise births
7,070
8,014
Enterprise deaths
5,833
6,709
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
5.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.1%
1.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.4%
4.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.6%
1.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.5%
44.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
52.3%
53.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.2%
18.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.8%
27.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.7%
8.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.1%
96.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,807,909
7,226,999
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
593 /1k
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Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,943
2,907
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
20,729 kt
11,551 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
24 km/1000km²
21 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
510
405
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
62
171
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
340,148
427,004
Population aged 65+
143,202
187,015
Population aged under 15
93,598
103,442
Median age of population
45.9 yrs
47.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.1%
43.8%
Crude rate of total population change
4.2 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.8 /1k
10.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.4 /1k
7.5 /1k
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
10.6 /1k
Live births
5,401
5,360
Deaths
5,742
7,558
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
69.6%
68.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.77
1.38
Population density (persons per km²)
162 /km²
93 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
555,633
696,301
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.7%
19.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.8 yrs
83.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.1%
15.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
625 /100k
545 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
851 /100k
807 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
202 /100k
222 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
61.8 /100k
37.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
537 /100k
354 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,893 /100k
1,406 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
56 /M
57 /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)
365 m
354 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
47 days/yr
12 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
32 days/yr
28 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
12 days/yr