NUTS-3 FRG04 · France
Sarthe
Export region data (CSV)Sarthe generates €18bn of GDP across 565.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 54.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +3.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (89th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (29.7th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
54.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth33.6
Livability53.4
Market access51
Economic scale79
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)
66.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability94
Labour stability71
Diversification60
Demographic stability41
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)
33.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density47
Airport access2
Market access51
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)
72.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary90
Lifelong learning80
Knowledge workers70
Scientists & engineers49
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)
81
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.3 µg/m³
PM1010.8 µg/m³
NO27.7 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)
53.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy38.5
Jobs34.5
Education59.5
Health89
Safety29.7
Connectivity41.5
Environment81.3
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
33.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.3 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. · 27.7%Diversified · HHI 2194
Agriculture 2.9%Industry 18.6%Construction 6.2%Trade · transport · ICT 17.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.7%Public · health · education 26.7%
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)
€15,970M
2024 · EU pctl 78
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€459M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,978M
2024 · EU pctl 71
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,757M
2024 · EU pctl 77
GVA — construction (F)
€991M
2024 · EU pctl 79
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,855M
2024 · EU pctl 75
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€23,300
2023 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 34
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,500
2024 · EU pctl 40
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€32,580M
2024 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€4,197M
2024 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€79,082M
2024 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,384M
2024 · EU pctl 79
GVA — information & communication (J)
€200M
2024 · EU pctl 56
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,424M
2024 · EU pctl 81
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,265M
2024 · EU pctl 83
Labour market
Employment, total persons
231,200
2024 · EU pctl 77
Self-employed persons
22,800
2024 · EU pctl 62
Employment in manufacturing (C)
35,800
2024 · EU pctl 77
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.1%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
16.1%
2025 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
28,733
2023 · EU pctl 72
Enterprise births
3,921
2023 · EU pctl 80
Enterprise deaths
2,972
2023 · EU pctl 76
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
2023 · EU pctl 89
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.3%
2023 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.5%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
42.2%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
54.9%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
16.8%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.5%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.4%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.3%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,423,700
2025 · EU pctl 61
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
611 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · 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.
2,166
CURRENT · EU pctl 82
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
383
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
175
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)
334,744
2025 · EU pctl 78
Population aged 65+
135,972
2025 · EU pctl 86
Population aged under 15
94,687
2025 · EU pctl 86
Median age of population
44.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 34
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.6%
2025 · EU pctl 71
Crude rate of total population change
-1.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude death rate
10.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Live births
5,088
2024 · EU pctl 86
Deaths
6,021
2024 · EU pctl 81
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.9%
2025 · EU pctl 88
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.70
2024 · EU pctl 94
Population density (persons per km²)
91 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 36
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
15.7%
2025 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.5 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
456 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
799 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
223 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
57.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
485 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,302 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
47 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
108 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 30
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 60
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
27 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 19
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
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.
8
2024 · EU pctl 19
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
51
2024 · EU pctl 36
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