Foreign residents in Appignano del Tronto
Appignano del Tronto, in the province of Ascoli Piceno, is home to 2 Belgians — 0.12% of its 1,636 residents. That is the 122nd-highest concentration of Belgians of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 4th within Marche.
Across the nationalities we track, Appignano del Tronto counts 3 foreign residents in total, 0.18% of the population. The largest groups are Belgians (2), Spaniards (1).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Belgians in Appignano del Tronto has held roughly steady, from 2 to 2 (+0%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 7.6% of Appignano del Tronto's population was born outside Italy — 5.3% outside the EU and 2.3% elsewhere in the EU. ISTAT does not publish this broken down by specific country at comune level, so it isn't directly comparable to the per-nationality citizenship figures above.
Population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 2 | 0.12% |
| Spain | 1 | 0.06% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,511 | 92.36% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 38 | 2.32% |
| Born outside the EU | 87 | 5.32% |
Belgians over time
Quality of life in Ascoli Piceno
Full BES profile for Ascoli Piceno →Ascoli Piceno on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Appignano del Tronto qualifies for the 7% pensioner regime. Comfortably below the 30,000-resident ceiling.
Qualifying is about the town. Whether it applies to you depends on criteria no map can check — where you were tax-resident before, and where your income comes from.
How the 7% pensioner regime works, and every qualifying comune →Property prices
Buying in Appignano del Tronto is far below the Ascoli Piceno average of €1,273/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
21.1 years of rent here equal the purchase price, close to the national median of 22.2 years.
A ratio between two OMI prices, not a return on investment. It leaves out purchase taxes, IMU, maintenance, financing and the months a place sits empty — all of which push the real figure up. Useful for the question it does answer: whether this town looks expensive to buy relative to what renting in it costs.
Housing here in excellent condition costs 63% more than ordinary condition — €1,028/m² against €633.
That gap is what the market charges for a place you don’t have to work on. It is not what the work would cost you — OMI prices property, not builders.
A detached house here averages €633/m², against €633 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — the two cost about the same per square metre.
OMI prices “Ville e Villini” separately from the apartments every other figure on this page describes. Nationally a house costs about 14% more per square metre, but in 450 comuni it costs less — worth checking rather than assuming.