NUTS-3 FRM01 · France
Population
172,8542025
GDP
€7,029M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
72.9%2025
Active firms
58,8332026
Cadastral parcels
366,9162026
Area
4,020.6 km²
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FRM01 · NL128
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Zuidwest-Friesland (Opportunity 59). Runner-up: Corse-du-Sud (37). Contrarian pick: Corse-du-Sud — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 88).
Strengths
Demographic outlook (88) · Energy cost (88)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Zuidwest-Friesland
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 49) — Corse-du-Sud may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Zuidwest-Friesland 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
36.8
59.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
53.5
51.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
35.8
62.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
28.3
86.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
35.3
54.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
26.5
79.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
60.2
60.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.2% 5y
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Population
1.5% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.1% 5y
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Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€40,665
€42,115
Population density
43 /km²
98 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
2,123
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
340
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,255M
€5,396M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€25M
€246M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€449M
€1,239M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€171M
€984M
GVA — construction (F)
€513M
€292M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,314M
€999M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,200
€24,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,500 PPS
36,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,800
€42,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€2,838M
€6,262M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€78M
€616M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€6,494M
€13,205M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,120M
€475M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€113M
€47M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,604M
€1,043M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,350M
€1,134M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,296M
—
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€100,330
—
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,518M
—
Labour market
Employment, total persons
71,400
69,500
Self-employed persons
11,000
17,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,500
8,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
68.8%
85.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
46.0%
7.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.3%
—
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
72,200
—
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
20,072
17,417
Enterprise births
2,473
1,226
Enterprise deaths
1,971
742
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.0%
5.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.3%
—
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.7%
2.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.4%
—
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.7%
38.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
28.7%
48.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
5.9%
24.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.7%
27.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.8%
10.5%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
83.4%
99.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
5,885,165
2,039,120
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
615 /1k
545 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,172 kt
5,446 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
467
659
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
0 km/1000km²
63 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
270
462
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
43
71
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
101,584
85,773
Population aged 65+
44,305
35,764
Population aged under 15
26,965
21,232
Median age of population
46.7 yrs
47.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.6%
41.7%
Crude rate of total population change
13.4 /1k
2.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
15.9 /1k
5.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
8.4 /1k
Crude death rate
9.1 /1k
10.7 /1k
Live births
1,152
1,202
Deaths
1,568
1,524
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
70.2%
66.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.18
1.72
Population density (persons per km²)
43 /km²
162 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
186,418
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Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
28.6%
14.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.0 yrs
81.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
23.6%
14.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
552 /100k
—
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
797 /100k
1,018 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
216 /100k
239 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.9 /100k
—
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.4 /100k
—
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
140 /100k
—
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,085 /100k
—
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
113 /M
53 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.46
—
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.27
—
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
—
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.39
—
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
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Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.142/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
€0.039/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
644 m
-2 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
16 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
22 days/yr
22 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
15 days/yr
4 days/yr