All things you need to know about living in Arzana
Arzana, in the province of Ogliastra, is home to 2 Germans: 0.09% of its 2,211 residents.
That is the 1164th-highest concentration of Germans among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Sardegna it ranks 80th.
ISTAT counts 36 residents with a foreign citizenship in Arzana, 1.63% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Germans (2), Spaniards (2), Argentinians (1).
That puts Arzana in the bottom ten percent of Italian comuni for foreign residents. Anyone moving here should expect to be unusual.
Arzana qualifies for the 7% pensioner regime.
Summers average a high of 30.4°C (87°F) and winters a low of 5.1°C (41°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Arzana sees about 38 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 680mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 100 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
Between 2019 and 2025, the number of Germans in Arzana fell from 3 to 2.
ISTAT's census data puts 3.6% of Arzana's population as born outside Italy: 1.5% outside the EU and 2.1% elsewhere in the EU. ISTAT does not publish this by specific country at comune level, so it does not line up with the citizenship figures above.
Arzana population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 8 | 0.36% |
| Albania | 3 | 0.14% |
| Germany | 2 | 0.09% |
| Spain | 2 | 0.09% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.05% |
| Austria | 1 | 0.05% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.05% |
| Hungary | 1 | 0.05% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Poland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 2,131 | 96.38% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 47 | 2.13% |
| Born outside the EU | 33 | 1.49% |
Germans over time
Tax regimes
Arzana 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 →Seismic zone
Arzana is in seismic zone 4. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 4 as the lowest-hazard zone, where a strong earthquake is very unlikely.
This is the legal classification the Region gave the comune, used for planning and for control of building works. It is not a forecast, and it says nothing about the building you are looking at: since the 2018 building code the design load of a new building comes from site-specific hazard, not from the zone. Have any specific property checked by a qualified engineer.
Not to be confused with the “seismic” routes of the 7% pensioner regime. Those turn on whether the comune was in the 2009 L’Aquila or 2016–17 central-Italy earthquake areas, not on its zone, and being in zone 1 does not make anyone eligible for that regime, or for any tax treatment.
See every comune on the map →Hospital, airport and daily-needs distance
Nearest hospital: P.O. 'Nostra Signora della Mercede', about 9.3 km / 10 minutes by road from Àrthana/Arzana (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: P.O. 'Nostra Signora della Mercede', Lanusei (Pronto Soccorso), about 9.3 km / 10 minutes by road from Àrthana/Arzana (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): P.O. San Francesco, Nuoro (DEA level I), about 67.2 km / 52 minutes by road from Àrthana/Arzana (the main town).
Nearest airport: Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG), about 142.7 km / 108 minutes by road from Àrthana/Arzana (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Conad, about 5.8 km / 7 minutes by road from Àrthana/Arzana (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Curreli & Ladu Snc, about 0.2 km / 1 minute by road from Àrthana/Arzana (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Elini-Ilbono, about 3.6 km / 5 minutes by road from Àrthana/Arzana (the main town).
Measured by road from the main town of the comune (its OpenStreetMap place point; the geographic center for the few comuni with none), at free-flow speeds with no traffic. It is approximate. For Arzana, a trip from your own address can take longer or shorter. Drive the route before you rely on it, and ask the local health authority which hospital serves the town. Shops, pharmacies and stations are the nearest to the main town, not to your address.
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