Foreign residents in Castignano
Castignano, in the province of Ascoli Piceno (Marche), records no resident Russians in the latest ISTAT data. It has a population of 2,527.
Across the nationalities we track, Castignano counts 20 foreign residents in total, 0.79% of the population. The largest groups are Venezuelans (8), Dutch nationals (4), Germans (3).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Russians in Castignano has fallen, from 1 to 0 (-100%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 7.4% of Castignano's population was born outside Italy — 4.5% outside the EU and 2.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 8 | 0.32% |
| Netherlands | 4 | 0.16% |
| Germany | 3 | 0.12% |
| Brazil | 2 | 0.08% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 0.08% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.04% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 2,339 | 92.56% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 74 | 2.93% |
| Born outside the EU | 114 | 4.51% |
Russians 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
Castignano 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 Castignano is far below the Ascoli Piceno average of €1,273/m². Averaged across 3 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
21 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 61% more than ordinary condition — €1,027/m² against €638.
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 €638/m², against €638 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.