NUTS-3 FRB06 · France
Loiret
Loiret generates €27bn of GDP across 694.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 66.4/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +3.5%/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 (28th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller78 → 61 EU percentile since 1995 (-18 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
Demographic outlook76
Talent & skills73
Air quality69
Resilience62
Economic base61
Cost advantage56
Growth momentum55
Freight intensity54
Quality of life52
Connectivity46
Labour market45
Industrial base44
Governance38
Digital readiness35
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)
66.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth54.6
Livability52.1
Market access71
Economic scale88
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)
61.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability88
Labour stability40
Diversification51
Demographic stability67
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)
46.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density49
Airport access19
Market access71
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)
69.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.3 µg/m³
PM1011.9 µg/m³
NO211.9 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)
52.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy52.5
Jobs38.5
Education59
Health74.5
Safety28
Connectivity42
Environment70
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
54.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
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. · 28.7%Diversified · HHI 2244
Agriculture 1.3%Industry 20.4%Construction 6.2%Trade · transport · ICT 18.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 28.7%Public · health · education 24.9%
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)
€26,874M2024
2.2% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€23,827M2025
0.8% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Population
694,9302025
0.3% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Unemployment rate
6.1%2025
8.9% 1y 7.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Employment
294,8002024
0.7% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 85
Productivity / employee
€92,9062025
1.9% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Gross value added
€24,008M2024
1.7% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€24,008M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€307M
2024 · EU pctl 75
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,894M
2024 · EU pctl 87
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,807M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — construction (F)
€1,484M
2024 · EU pctl 89
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,441M
2024 · EU pctl 84
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)
35,800 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 61
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,900
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)
€3,507M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — information & communication (J)
€548M
2024 · EU pctl 76
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,896M
2024 · EU pctl 89
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,986M
2024 · EU pctl 90
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€23,827M
2025 · EU pctl 88
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€92,906
2025 · EU pctl 72
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€6,056M
2025 · EU pctl 88
Labour market
Employment, total persons
294,800
2024 · EU pctl 85
Self-employed persons
26,300
2024 · EU pctl 66
Employment in manufacturing (C)
34,700
2024 · EU pctl 76
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)
322,800
2025 · EU pctl 87
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
40,649
2023 · EU pctl 81
Enterprise births
5,601
2023 · EU pctl 86
Enterprise deaths
4,391
2023 · EU pctl 86
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.3%
2023 · EU pctl 92
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)
1,794,749
2025 · EU pctl 67
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.
2,747
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
20,794 kt
2025 · EU pctl 89
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
395
CURRENT · EU pctl 49
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
25 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
90
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
420,315
2025 · EU pctl 87
Population aged 65+
151,896
2025 · EU pctl 89
Population aged under 15
122,719
2025 · EU pctl 91
Median age of population
42.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 15
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.1%
2025 · EU pctl 46
Crude rate of total population change
2.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Crude birth rate
10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Crude death rate
9.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Live births
6,960
2024 · EU pctl 92
Deaths
6,716
2024 · EU pctl 85
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.3%
2025 · EU pctl 81
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.77
2024 · EU pctl 97
Population density (persons per km²)
103 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 42
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
704,539
2100 · EU pctl 88
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
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
51.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
407 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,350 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78
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)
143 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 68
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
29 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
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 18
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 46
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
52
2024 · EU pctl 39
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
108 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 89
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
7.2%
2021 · EU pctl 78
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