NUTS-3 FRI22 · France
Creuse
Creuse generates €3.0bn of GDP across 115.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 33.4/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability and economic growth. Its economy has grown +3.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (91.5th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (30th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable38 → 30 EU percentile since 1995 (-8 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)
Air quality90
Energy cost88
Talent & skills72
Freight intensity65
Cost advantage58
Resilience58
Quality of life54
Digital readiness44
Growth momentum42
Governance38
Labour market33
Connectivity26
Economic base18
Industrial base18
Demographic outlook14
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)
33.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth42.2
Livability54.4
Market access23
Economic scale14
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)
57.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability91
Labour stability77
Diversification28
Demographic stability35
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)
26
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density37
Airport access18
Market access23
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)
71.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary83
Lifelong learning79
Knowledge workers74
Scientists & engineers50
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 · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM108.8 µg/m³
NO27.3 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)
54.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy30
Jobs32
Education56.5
Health74.5
Safety55.7
Connectivity40.5
Environment91.5
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
42.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+6.6 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.0 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 · 35.8%Diversified · HHI 2403
Agriculture 5.8%Industry 11.2%Construction 5.8%Trade · transport · ICT 14.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.6%Public · health · education 35.8%
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)
€2,954M2024
0.8% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,632M2025
0.8% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 16
Population
115,1562025
0.2% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 19
Unemployment rate
6.2%2025
12.7% 1y 2.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 69
Employment
42,3002024
1.2% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
Productivity / employee
€71,1752025
1.9% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 31
Gross value added
€2,630M2024
0.0% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,630M
2024 · EU pctl 14
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€152M
2024 · EU pctl 51
GVA — industry (B–E)
€295M
2024 · EU pctl 8
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€245M
2024 · EU pctl 10
GVA — construction (F)
€152M
2024 · EU pctl 13
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€390M
2024 · EU pctl 10
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)
23,800 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 18
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€25,900
2024 · EU pctl 29
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€5,305M
2024 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€487M
2024 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€11,918M
2024 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€552M
2024 · EU pctl 34
GVA — information & communication (J)
€24M
2024 · EU pctl 15
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€700M
2024 · EU pctl 23
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€942M
2024 · EU pctl 29
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,632M
2025 · EU pctl 16
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€71,175
2025 · EU pctl 31
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€685M
2025 · EU pctl 14
Labour market
Employment, total persons
42,300
2024 · EU pctl 11
Self-employed persons
8,200
2024 · EU pctl 29
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,700
2024 · EU pctl 7
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
76.3%
2025 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
15.0%
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.2%
2025 · EU pctl 69
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
47,000
2025 · EU pctl 13
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,137
2023 · EU pctl 29
Enterprise births
805
2023 · EU pctl 38
Enterprise deaths
706
2023 · EU pctl 39
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
2023 · EU pctl 78
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.2%
2023 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.6%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 33 · 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)
51.0%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · 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)
27.3%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.6%
2025 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.9%
2025 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
351,633
2025 · EU pctl 23
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
312
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,111 kt
2025 · EU pctl 30
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
271
CURRENT · EU pctl 37
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
16 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
92
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)
62,927
2025 · EU pctl 15
Population aged 65+
37,238
2025 · EU pctl 31
Population aged under 15
14,991
2025 · EU pctl 18
Median age of population
53.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 98
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
59.2%
2025 · EU pctl 99
Crude rate of total population change
-2.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Crude birth rate
6.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude death rate
17.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Live births
713
2024 · EU pctl 14
Deaths
1,990
2024 · EU pctl 32
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
83.0%
2025 · EU pctl 100
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
2024 · EU pctl 79
Population density (persons per km²)
21 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 4
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
95,127
2100 · EU pctl 17
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
742 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
854 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
222 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
335 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
928 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
59 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 75 · 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)
480 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 63
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
39 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 58
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 2
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
7
2024 · EU pctl 15
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
63
2024 · EU pctl 85
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
10.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 17
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.1%
2021 · EU pctl 23
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