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NO072 · BE256

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NUTS-3 NO072 · Norway

Troms/Romsa/Tromssa

Population

170,4792025

GDP

—

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.5%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

79.4%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

25,961.2 km²

NUTS-3 BE256 · Belgium

Arr. Roeselare

Population

160,9712025

GDP

€8,775M2024

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

79.2%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

270.4 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Arr. Roeselare (Opportunity 63). Runner-up: Troms/Romsa/Tromssa (37). Contrarian pick: Troms/Romsa/Tromssa — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 100).

#1Arr. Roeselare

Strengths

Economic base (87) · Resilience (83)

Red flags

Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)

#2Troms/Romsa/Tromssa

Strengths

Energy cost (100) · Freight intensity (97)

No red flags

Why you might not pick Arr. Roeselare

Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 4) — Troms/Romsa/Tromssa may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

Arr. Roeselare 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

37.2

63.2

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

—

83.0

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

70.9

58.4

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

59.3

33.3

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

42.3

65.0

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

72.8

82.3

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

40.7

63.2

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

—

2.8% 5y

Population

0.2% 5y

0.8% 5y

Unemployment rate

—

2.6% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

—

€54,516

Population density

7 /km²

595 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 86 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

—

€7,943M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

—

€159M

GVA — industry (B–E)

—

€1,746M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

—

€1,565M

GVA — construction (F)

—

€715M

GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)

—

€1,449M

Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

€26,600

€31,200

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

—

48,700 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

—

€54,700

Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2

€7,085M

€16,710M

Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2

€357M

€2,304M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

€12,839M

€29,133M

GVA — real estate activities (L)

—

€701M

GVA — information & communication (J)

—

€195M

GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)

—

€2,289M

GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)

—

€1,586M

Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)

—

€7,447M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

—

€105,153

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

—

€2,394M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

—

86,100

Self-employed persons

—

15,100

Employment in manufacturing (C)

—

15,600

Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

80.2%

76.2%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

—

11.7%

Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)

—

2.9%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

—

78,200

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

1.9%

1.7%

Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2

2.2%

3.9%

R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2

1.3%

1.4%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

43.7%

42.7%

Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2

46.8%

51.3%

Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2

20.3%

18.6%

Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2

26.1%

30.9%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

9.7%

10.4%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

98.8%

93.7%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

2,029,094

140,287

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

538 /1k

512 /1k

Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.

5,937

515

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

11,656 kt

4,932 kt

Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2

0 km/1000km²

59 km/1000km²

Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).

3,483

320

Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.

Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

110,706

100,925

Population aged 65+

34,599

34,541

Population aged under 15

25,174

25,505

Median age of population

41.5 yrs

42.9 yrs

Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)

31.3%

34.2%

Crude rate of total population change

5.1 /1k

7.3 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

4.9 /1k

7.6 /1k

Crude birth rate

9.0 /1k

9.5 /1k

Crude death rate

8.8 /1k

9.8 /1k

Live births

1,532

1,530

Deaths

1,499

1,574

Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)

54.0%

59.5%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.34

1.58

Population density (persons per km²)

7 /km²

585 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

213,727

147,466

Social

At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2

20.2%

9.8%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

82.6 yrs

83.1 yrs

At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2

15.3%

5.6%

Health

Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2

414 /100k

634 /100k

Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2

866 /100k

849 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

216 /100k

205 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

0.0 /100k

1.9 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

11.8 /100k

26.3 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

—

262 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

1,236 /100k

1,285 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

33 /M

43 /M

Governance & institutions

Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

1.31

Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

1.41

Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

1.34

Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

1.58

Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)

—

0.25

Energy

Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.064/kWh

€0.130/kWh

Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)

—

€0.046/kWh

Housing market

Dwelling price per m² (NOK, all types, Statistics Norway)

48,646 NOK/m²

—

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

807 m

24 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

0 days/yr

4 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

251 days/yr

28 days/yr

Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)

6 days/yr

2 days/yr