NUTS-3 FRK11 · France
Allier
Allier generates €10bn of GDP across 331.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 43.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +3.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (84th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (33.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable51 → 39 EU percentile since 1995 (-12 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 quality82
Freight intensity65
Talent & skills65
Resilience57
Cost advantage56
Quality of life55
Connectivity51
Industrial base42
Governance38
Labour market37
Economic base32
Digital readiness27
Growth momentum25
Demographic outlook12
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)
43.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth25.4
Livability55.2
Market access31
Economic scale61
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)
57.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability82
Labour stability69
Diversification48
Demographic stability30
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)
51
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density82
Airport access40
Market access31
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)
64.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary73
Lifelong learning77
Knowledge workers67
Scientists & engineers42
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)
82.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57 µg/m³
PM1011.3 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)
55.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy38
Jobs33.5
Education69.5
Health73.5
Safety33.7
Connectivity54.5
Environment84
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
25.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.9 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 · 30.1%Diversified · HHI 2264
Agriculture 2.2%Industry 18.8%Construction 6%Trade · transport · ICT 16.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.2%Public · health · education 30.1%
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)
€10,342M2024
2.2% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 61
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€9,200M2025
0.8% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
Population
331,2092025
0.3% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Unemployment rate
6.4%2025
17.9% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 70
Employment
128,1002024
0.9% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
Productivity / employee
€82,2802025
1.9% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
Gross value added
€9,229M2024
1.6% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,229M
2024 · EU pctl 60
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€204M
2024 · EU pctl 61
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,738M
2024 · EU pctl 53
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,421M
2024 · EU pctl 54
GVA — construction (F)
€557M
2024 · EU pctl 59
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,537M
2024 · EU pctl 53
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€23,400
2023 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,500 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 32
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,000
2024 · EU pctl 39
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€10,591M
2024 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,415M
2024 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€23,857M
2024 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,690M
2024 · EU pctl 71
GVA — information & communication (J)
€74M
2024 · EU pctl 36
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,418M
2024 · EU pctl 67
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,775M
2024 · EU pctl 72
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,200M
2025 · EU pctl 62
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€82,280
2025 · EU pctl 46
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,356M
2025 · EU pctl 62
Labour market
Employment, total persons
128,100
2024 · EU pctl 54
Self-employed persons
17,100
2024 · EU pctl 53
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,300
2024 · EU pctl 50
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.2%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
19.6%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.4%
2025 · EU pctl 70
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
145,200
2025 · EU pctl 58
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
20,144
2023 · EU pctl 61
Enterprise births
2,446
2023 · EU pctl 69
Enterprise deaths
1,887
2023 · EU pctl 67
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
2023 · EU pctl 71
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.0%
2023 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.8%
2025 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.3%
2023 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
40.4%
2025 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
46.9%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
15.9%
2025 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.3%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.9%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
93.9%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,177,714
2025 · EU pctl 56
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,705 kt
2025 · EU pctl 70
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,503
CURRENT · EU pctl 86
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
756
CURRENT · EU pctl 82
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
19 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
64
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
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)
186,111
2025 · EU pctl 58
Population aged 65+
97,698
2025 · EU pctl 73
Population aged under 15
47,400
2025 · EU pctl 64
Median age of population
50.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 86
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
52.5%
2025 · EU pctl 97
Crude rate of total population change
-3.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Crude death rate
13.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Live births
2,498
2024 · EU pctl 63
Deaths
4,494
2024 · EU pctl 71
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
78.0%
2025 · EU pctl 98
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.64
2024 · EU pctl 91
Population density (persons per km²)
45 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 15
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
264,479
2100 · EU pctl 59
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
660 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
871 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
230 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
21.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
402 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,188 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
64 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 83 · 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)
403 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
17 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 73
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 32
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
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 13
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).
51
2024 · EU pctl 33
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
80.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 83
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.7%
2021 · EU pctl 57
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