NUTS-3 FRK14 · France
Puy-de-Dôme
Export region data (CSV)Puy-de-Dôme generates €26bn of GDP across 664.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 51.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +3.0%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 2.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (75.3th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (29.7th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
51.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth29
Livability55.6
Market access33
Economic scale87
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)
58.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability81
Labour stability69
Diversification35
Demographic stability49
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)
71.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density83
Airport access98
Market access33
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)
74.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.4 µg/m³
PM1011.5 µg/m³
NO211.7 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)
55.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy52.5
Jobs33.5
Education69.5
Health73.5
Safety29.7
Connectivity55
Environment75.3
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
29
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 31.7%Diversified · HHI 2345
Agriculture 1.2%Industry 17.8%Construction 5.6%Trade · transport · ICT 17.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 31.7%Public · health · education 26.1%
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)
€23,239M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€275M
2024 · EU pctl 71
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,148M
2024 · EU pctl 82
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,574M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — construction (F)
€1,308M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,076M
2024 · EU pctl 83
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)
35,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 61
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,000
2024 · EU pctl 62
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)
€3,585M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — information & communication (J)
€635M
2024 · EU pctl 79
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,363M
2024 · EU pctl 90
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,070M
2024 · EU pctl 90
Labour market
Employment, total persons
291,400
2024 · EU pctl 85
Self-employed persons
34,100
2024 · EU pctl 75
Employment in manufacturing (C)
37,000
2024 · EU pctl 78
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
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
46,299
2023 · EU pctl 84
Enterprise births
5,914
2023 · EU pctl 88
Enterprise deaths
4,599
2023 · EU pctl 86
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
2023 · EU pctl 90
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
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)
4,079,020
2025 · EU pctl 84
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,240
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
789
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
7
CURRENT · EU pctl 2
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)
405,808
2025 · EU pctl 85
Population aged 65+
157,975
2025 · EU pctl 89
Population aged under 15
100,535
2025 · EU pctl 87
Median age of population
44.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 29
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.9%
2025 · EU pctl 63
Crude rate of total population change
-0.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Live births
5,415
2024 · EU pctl 87
Deaths
6,640
2024 · EU pctl 85
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.7%
2025 · EU pctl 76
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
2024 · EU pctl 56
Population density (persons per km²)
83 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 34
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
22.4%
2025 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
662 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 85 · 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
48.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
602 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,566 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
64 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
380 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
18 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 74
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
47 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 63
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 15
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 45
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
49
2024 · EU pctl 22
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