NUTS-3 FRD13 · France
Orne
Export region data (CSV)Orne generates €8.0bn of GDP across 272.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 43.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +2.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (91th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (25th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
43.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth22.6
Livability48.6
Market access52
Economic scale51
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)
64.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability92
Labour stability72
Diversification70
Demographic stability24
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)
32
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density42
Airport access2
Market access52
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)
61.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary83
Lifelong learning71
Knowledge workers66
Scientists & engineers27
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)
90
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.3 µg/m³
PM109.2 µg/m³
NO26.3 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)
48.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy35
Jobs29
Education50.5
Health69
Safety40.7
Connectivity25
Environment91
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
22.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.9 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.5 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: Public · health · education · 30%Diversified · HHI 2136
Agriculture 5.1%Industry 20.6%Construction 7%Trade · transport · ICT 14.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.2%Public · health · education 30%
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 · 69 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,163M
2024 · EU pctl 50
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€368M
2024 · EU pctl 79
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,479M
2024 · EU pctl 46
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,359M
2024 · EU pctl 52
GVA — construction (F)
€500M
2024 · EU pctl 54
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,007M
2024 · EU pctl 36
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€23,200
2023 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,100 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 28
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,400
2024 · EU pctl 36
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€11,208M
2024 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,469M
2024 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€26,527M
2024 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,111M
2024 · EU pctl 56
GVA — information & communication (J)
€47M
2024 · EU pctl 29
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,664M
2024 · EU pctl 55
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,146M
2024 · EU pctl 64
Labour market
Employment, total persons
108,500
2024 · EU pctl 47
Self-employed persons
14,200
2024 · EU pctl 47
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,500
2024 · EU pctl 50
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
76.8%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
15.3%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
15,303
2023 · EU pctl 52
Enterprise births
1,734
2023 · EU pctl 58
Enterprise deaths
1,458
2023 · EU pctl 60
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.1%
2023 · EU pctl 67
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.4%
2025 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
39.4%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
50.8%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
14.7%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.1%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.1%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
90.7%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
578,069
2025 · EU pctl 36
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
891
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
327
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
171
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
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)
153,919
2025 · EU pctl 49
Population aged 65+
77,450
2025 · EU pctl 63
Population aged under 15
41,258
2025 · EU pctl 57
Median age of population
49.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 80
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
50.3%
2025 · EU pctl 94
Crude rate of total population change
-4.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude death rate
13.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Live births
2,150
2024 · EU pctl 56
Deaths
3,642
2024 · EU pctl 60
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
77.1%
2025 · EU pctl 98
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.73
2024 · EU pctl 96
Population density (persons per km²)
45 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 14
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
16.9%
2025 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.3 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
568 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
894 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
230 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
29.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
500 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,070 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
63 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
266 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 30
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
30 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 21
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 3
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
6
2024 · EU pctl 12
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
58
2024 · EU pctl 73
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