NUTS-3 FRB05 · France
Loir-et-Cher
Loir-et-Cher generates €11bn of GDP across 327.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 55.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +3.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (80.3th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (29.7th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable55 → 47 EU percentile since 1995 (-8 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Energy cost88
Air quality79
Talent & skills73
Resilience56
Cost advantage56
Growth momentum52
Quality of life52
Freight intensity50
Labour market45
Economic base41
Industrial base39
Governance38
Digital readiness35
Connectivity34
Demographic outlook19
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
55.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52
Livability51.8
Market access55
Economic scale64
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)
56.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability80
Labour stability39
Diversification69
Demographic stability37
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)
33.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density41
Airport access5
Market access55
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)
79.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.8 µg/m³
PM1010.9 µg/m³
NO29.6 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)
51.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy42.5
Jobs38.5
Education59
Health74.5
Safety29.7
Connectivity38
Environment80.3
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
52
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
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. · 27.2%Diversified · HHI 2139
Agriculture 3%Industry 20.3%Construction 7%Trade · transport · ICT 17.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.2%Public · health · education 24.8%
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€11,025M2024
1.2% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€9,775M2025
0.8% 1y 2.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 65
Population
327,4032025
0.2% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
Unemployment rate
6.1%2025
8.9% 1y 7.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Employment
130,4002024
0.6% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Productivity / employee
€86,1672025
1.9% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 56
Gross value added
€9,845M2024
0.7% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,845M
2024 · EU pctl 63
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€291M
2024 · EU pctl 73
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,002M
2024 · EU pctl 58
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,468M
2024 · EU pctl 55
GVA — construction (F)
€688M
2024 · EU pctl 67
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,747M
2024 · EU pctl 58
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)
31,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 41
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,600
2024 · EU pctl 46
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)
€1,414M
2024 · EU pctl 65
GVA — information & communication (J)
€103M
2024 · EU pctl 43
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,674M
2024 · EU pctl 71
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,442M
2024 · EU pctl 68
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,775M
2025 · EU pctl 65
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,167
2025 · EU pctl 56
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,485M
2025 · EU pctl 63
Labour market
Employment, total persons
130,400
2024 · EU pctl 55
Self-employed persons
15,200
2024 · EU pctl 49
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,700
2024 · EU pctl 48
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.1%
2025 · EU pctl 68
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
144,500
2025 · EU pctl 57
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
20,295
2023 · EU pctl 61
Enterprise births
2,580
2023 · EU pctl 70
Enterprise deaths
1,943
2023 · EU pctl 68
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.8%
2023 · EU pctl 83
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.0%
2023 · EU pctl 42 · 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)
3,274,306
2025 · EU pctl 80
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
631 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,361 kt
2025 · EU pctl 61
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,001
CURRENT · EU pctl 54
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
25 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
306
CURRENT · EU pctl 41
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
143
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
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)
188,070
2025 · EU pctl 58
Population aged 65+
88,050
2025 · EU pctl 68
Population aged under 15
51,283
2025 · EU pctl 66
Median age of population
48.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 68
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.8%
2025 · EU pctl 88
Crude rate of total population change
-2.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Crude death rate
12.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Live births
2,671
2024 · EU pctl 66
Deaths
4,040
2024 · EU pctl 65
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
74.1%
2025 · EU pctl 95
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.68
2024 · EU pctl 94
Population density (persons per km²)
52 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 18
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
270,334
2100 · EU pctl 60
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
555 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65 · 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
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
34.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
543 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,432 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
66 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.46
2022 · EU pctl 44
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.27
2022 · EU pctl 39
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
2022 · EU pctl 37
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.39
2022 · EU pctl 43
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
2022 · EU pctl 0
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 12
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 44
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
109 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 30
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
14 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 69
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
26 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 18
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 11
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 30
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
54
2024 · EU pctl 52
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
63.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 77
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
5.7%
2021 · EU pctl 71
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