NUTS-3 FRF22 · France
Aube
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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller62 → 48 EU percentile since 1995 (-14 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 quality85
Freight intensity83
Demographic outlook75
Cost advantage61
Growth momentum60
Resilience56
Talent & skills44
Quality of life44
Economic base43
Connectivity38
Governance38
Digital readiness36
Industrial base28
Labour market18
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)
54.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth59.6
Livability43.9
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density55
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)
43.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy41
Jobs21
Education28
Health61
Safety25
Connectivity45.5
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€10,679M2024
1.7% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€9,361M2025
0.8% 1y 3.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Population
308,7342025
0.3% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Unemployment rate
7.0%2025
2.8% 1y 9.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Employment
117,5002024
0.8% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 50
Productivity / employee
€92,6242025
1.9% 1y 5.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 71
Gross value added
€9,518M2024
1.0% 1y 5.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
All indicators · 88 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,361M
2025 · EU pctl 63
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€92,624
2025 · EU pctl 71
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,432M
2025 · EU pctl 63
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.0%
2025 · EU pctl 76
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
133,600
2025 · EU pctl 53
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.6%
2023 · EU pctl 18 · 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.
1,373
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
14,555 kt
2025 · EU pctl 77
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
445
CURRENT · EU pctl 55
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
21 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
307,871
2100 · EU pctl 66
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
558 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66 · 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
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)
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
69.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 80
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
6.9%
2021 · EU pctl 78
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