All things you need to know about living in Fornelli
Fornelli, in the province of Isernia, is home to 2 Latvians: 0.11% of its 1,800 residents.
That is the 25th-highest concentration of Latvians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Molise it ranks 2nd.
ISTAT counts 52 residents with a foreign citizenship in Fornelli, 2.89% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Brazilians (10), Americans (3), French nationals (2).
Fornelli qualifies for the 7% pensioner regime.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Isernia scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for urban green and hospital beds in high-care wards.
It scores in the bottom quarter for life expectancy at birth and density and importance of museums' heritage.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 28.6°C (83°F) and winters a low of 0.0°C (32°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Fornelli sees about 24 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,220mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 149 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Fornelli at about €500 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Fornelli population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 10 | 0.56% |
| Ukraine | 5 | 0.28% |
| Romania | 4 | 0.22% |
| United States | 3 | 0.17% |
| France | 2 | 0.11% |
| Latvia | 2 | 0.11% |
| Russia | 2 | 0.11% |
| Albania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 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% |
| 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% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Poland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 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% |
Latvians 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 neighborhood — a house costs 50% 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.
Nearby comuni
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