NUTS-3 FRF22 · France
Aube
Export region data (CSV)Aube generates €11bn of GDP across 308.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 54.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +4.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 8.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (86th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (21th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
54.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth59.6
Livability44
Market access54
Economic scale62
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
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability55
Labour stability43
Diversification92
Demographic stability34
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)
38.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density56
Airport access5
Market access54
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)
44
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary50
Lifelong learning68
Knowledge workers36
Scientists & engineers22
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)
85
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.55.6 µg/m³
PM1010.9 µg/m³
NO28.6 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)
44
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy41
Jobs21
Education28
Health61
Safety25
Connectivity46
Environment86
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
59.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+8.9 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-4.7 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 · 25.1%Diversified · HHI 1932
Agriculture 11.6%Industry 18.5%Construction 5.6%Trade · transport · ICT 16%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.1%Public · health · education 25.1%
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)
€9,518M
2024 · EU pctl 62
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,104M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,764M
2024 · EU pctl 53
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,147M
2024 · EU pctl 46
GVA — construction (F)
€535M
2024 · EU pctl 58
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,522M
2024 · EU pctl 53
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€22,400
2023 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 43
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,100
2024 · EU pctl 48
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€11,131M
2024 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,531M
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€22,820M
2024 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,297M
2024 · EU pctl 61
GVA — information & communication (J)
€87M
2024 · EU pctl 39
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,201M
2024 · EU pctl 64
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,392M
2024 · EU pctl 67
Labour market
Employment, total persons
117,500
2024 · EU pctl 50
Self-employed persons
14,000
2024 · EU pctl 46
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,000
2024 · EU pctl 39
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
72.4%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
18.6%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
18,274
2023 · EU pctl 58
Enterprise births
2,407
2023 · EU pctl 68
Enterprise deaths
1,874
2023 · EU pctl 67
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
2023 · EU pctl 88
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.6%
2023 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
1.5%
2024 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
33.8%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
41.0%
2025 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
13.6%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
21.3%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.6%
2025 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.3%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,117,470
2025 · EU pctl 56
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,428
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
463
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
144
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)
184,376
2025 · EU pctl 57
Population aged 65+
72,491
2025 · EU pctl 60
Population aged under 15
51,867
2025 · EU pctl 67
Median age of population
43.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 24
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.3%
2025 · EU pctl 64
Crude rate of total population change
-3.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Live births
2,594
2024 · EU pctl 65
Deaths
3,431
2024 · EU pctl 57
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.4%
2025 · EU pctl 86
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.56
2024 · EU pctl 83
Population density (persons per km²)
52 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 18
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
22.9%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
553 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
930 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
228 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
32.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
482 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,615 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
80 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
146 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
14 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 69
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
35 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 43
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.
9
2024 · EU pctl 24
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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