NUTS-3 FRB05 · France
Loir-et-Cher
Export region data (CSV)Loir-et-Cher generates €11bn of GDP across 327.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 55.9/100 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).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
55.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52
Livability52.7
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)
38
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density54
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)
52.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy42.5
Jobs38.5
Education59
Health74.5
Safety29.7
Connectivity44.5
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).
All indicators · 70 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
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
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
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
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,460
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
446
CURRENT · EU pctl 54
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
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
0.6 /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
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
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