Foreign residents in Barete
Barete, in the province of L'Aquila, is home to 3 Swedes — 0.47% of its 638 residents. That is notable for a comune of its size.
Across the nationalities we track, Barete counts 5 foreign residents in total, 0.78% of the population. The largest groups are Swedes (3), Austrians (1), Finns (1).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Swedes in Barete has risen, from 0 to 3.
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 15.2% of Barete's population was born outside Italy — 7.7% outside the EU and 7.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 3 | 0.47% |
| Austria | 1 | 0.16% |
| Finland | 1 | 0.16% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 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% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 541 | 84.80% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 48 | 7.52% |
| Born outside the EU | 49 | 7.68% |
Swedes over time
Quality of life in L'Aquila
Full BES profile for L'Aquila →L'Aquila on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Barete 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 Barete is well below the L'Aquila average of €704/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
25.9 years of rent here equal the purchase price — above 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.
A detached house here averages €638/m², against €560 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — a house costs 14% more 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.