NUTS-3 FRB04 · France
Indre-et-Loire
Export region data (CSV)Indre-et-Loire generates €24bn of GDP across 622.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 59.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +4.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (74.5th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (29.7th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
59.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth64.4
Livability52.4
Market access35
Economic scale85
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
55.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability67
Labour stability39
Diversification51
Demographic stability65
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
28.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density49
Airport access1
Market access35
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
73
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary85
Lifelong learning79
Knowledge workers71
Scientists & engineers57
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
70.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.9 µg/m³
PM1012.1 µg/m³
NO212 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
52.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy52
Jobs38.5
Education59
Health74.5
Safety29.7
Connectivity42
Environment71.3
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
64.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+6.4 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-2.8 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Finance · real estate · prof. · 29.3%Diversified · HHI 2246
Agriculture 1.6%Industry 17.8%Construction 6.4%Trade · transport · ICT 19.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 29.3%Public · health · education 25.6%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€21,421M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€337M
2024 · EU pctl 77
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,823M
2024 · EU pctl 81
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,990M
2024 · EU pctl 66
GVA — construction (F)
€1,379M
2024 · EU pctl 87
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,129M
2024 · EU pctl 83
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€23,500
2023 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,700 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 60
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,800
2024 · EU pctl 61
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€20,283M
2024 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,604M
2024 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€46,136M
2024 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,090M
2024 · EU pctl 84
GVA — information & communication (J)
€645M
2024 · EU pctl 79
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,272M
2024 · EU pctl 87
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,480M
2024 · EU pctl 88
Labour market
Employment, total persons
272,200
2024 · EU pctl 83
Self-employed persons
29,400
2024 · EU pctl 70
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,100
2024 · EU pctl 61
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
76.3%
2025 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
18.0%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
42,099
2023 · EU pctl 82
Enterprise births
5,616
2023 · EU pctl 86
Enterprise deaths
4,394
2023 · EU pctl 86
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.2%
2023 · EU pctl 91
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.4%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
41.4%
2025 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
51.6%
2025 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
16.2%
2025 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.6%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.0%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.3%
2025 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,043,497
2025 · EU pctl 77
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
631 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,471
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
397
CURRENT · EU pctl 49
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
208
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
377,505
2025 · EU pctl 83
Population aged 65+
146,668
2025 · EU pctl 88
Population aged under 15
98,521
2025 · EU pctl 87
Median age of population
43.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 24
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.9%
2025 · EU pctl 63
Crude rate of total population change
2.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude death rate
9.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Live births
5,423
2024 · EU pctl 87
Deaths
5,881
2024 · EU pctl 80
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.9%
2025 · EU pctl 80
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.49
2024 · EU pctl 69
Population density (persons per km²)
102 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 41
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
15.1%
2025 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.6 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
564 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
862 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
228 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
53.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
560 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,869 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
66 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
98 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
14 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 70
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
23 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 16
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 20
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 47
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
53
2024 · EU pctl 44
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