All things you need to know about living in Colli sul Velino
Colli sul Velino, in the province of Rieti, is home to 13 Romanians: 2.82% of its 461 residents.
ISTAT counts 29 residents with a foreign citizenship in Colli sul Velino, 6.29% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we track are Romanians (13), Ukrainians (4), Albanians (1).
These are small numbers, so we would not read much into the percentage or any change in it.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Rieti scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for urban green and nonprofit organizations.
It scores in the bottom quarter for density and importance of museums' heritage and road mortality in non-urban roads.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 29.0°C (84°F) and winters a low of -0.3°C (31°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Colli sul Velino sees about 27 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,036mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 125 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Colli sul Velino at about €700 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 16.9 years of renting the same property.
That is below most Italian comuni.
Colli sul Velino population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 13 | 2.82% |
| Ukraine | 4 | 0.87% |
| Albania | 1 | 0.22% |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 0.22% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 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% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 414 | 89.80% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 23 | 4.99% |
| Born outside the EU | 24 | 5.21% |
Romanians over time
Quality of life in Rieti
Full BES profile for Rieti →Rieti on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Colli sul Velino is well below the Rieti average of €916/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
16.9 years of rent here equal the purchase price — below 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 €810/m², against €700 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 16% more per square meter.
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 meter, but in 450 comuni it costs less — worth checking rather than assuming.
Seismic zone
Colli sul Velino is in seismic zone 2 (the Region labels it 2B). Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 2 as a zone where strong earthquakes are possible.
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.
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Nearest hospital: Azienda Ospedaliera 'S. Maria' - Terni, about 18.4 km / 18 minutes by road from Colli sul Velino (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Azienda Ospedaliera 'S. Maria' - Terni (DEA level II), about 18.4 km / 18 minutes by road from Colli sul Velino (the main town).
Nearest airport: Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport (PEG), about 99.9 km / 65 minutes by road from Colli sul Velino (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Ditta Cesaretti Margherita, about 10.4 km / 10 minutes by road from Colli sul Velino (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Puzelli Giuseppe, about 0.1 km / 1 minute by road from Colli sul Velino (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Labro-Moggio, about 4.6 km / 5 minutes by road from Colli sul Velino (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 Colli sul Velino, 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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