Foreign residents in Fornelli
Fornelli, in the province of Isernia, is home to 10 Brazilians — 0.56% of its 1,800 residents. That is the 55th-highest concentration of Brazilians of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 1st within Molise.
Across the nationalities we track, Fornelli counts 17 foreign residents in total, 0.94% of the population. The largest groups are Brazilians (10), Americans (3), French nationals (2).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Brazilians in Fornelli has held roughly steady, from 10 to 10 (+0%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 9.4% of Fornelli's population was born outside Italy — 6.3% outside the EU and 3.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 10 | 0.56% |
| United States | 3 | 0.17% |
| France | 2 | 0.11% |
| Russia | 2 | 0.11% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 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% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,631 | 90.61% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 56 | 3.11% |
| Born outside the EU | 113 | 6.28% |
Brazilians over time
Quality of life in Isernia
Full BES profile for Isernia →Isernia on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Fornelli 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 Fornelli is well below the Isernia average of €682/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town. OMI records no rental figures here.
A detached house here averages €750/m², against €500 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — a house costs 50% 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.