All things you need to know about living in Gambettola
Gambettola, in the province of Forlì-Cesena, is home to 255 Bulgarians: 2.35% of its 10,874 residents.
That is the 14th-highest concentration of Bulgarians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Emilia-Romagna it ranks 1st.
ISTAT counts 1,551 residents with a foreign citizenship in Gambettola, 14.26% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Brazilians (14), Greeks (7), French nationals (4).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Forlì-Cesena scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for life expectancy at birth and intentional homicide rate.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 30.8°C (87°F) and winters a low of 1.3°C (34°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Gambettola sees about 46 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 827mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 109 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Gambettola at about €1,475 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 25 years of renting the same property.
Gambettola population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | 396 | 3.64% |
| Romania | 292 | 2.69% |
| Bulgaria | 255 | 2.35% |
| Ukraine | 40 | 0.37% |
| Poland | 35 | 0.32% |
| Brazil | 14 | 0.13% |
| Greece | 7 | 0.06% |
| France | 4 | 0.04% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 0.04% |
| Czechia | 2 | 0.02% |
| Russia | 2 | 0.02% |
| United States | 2 | 0.02% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.01% |
| Austria | 1 | 0.01% |
| Germany | 1 | 0.01% |
| Spain | 1 | 0.01% |
| Finland | 1 | 0.01% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 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% |
| 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 | 8,942 | 82.23% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 663 | 6.10% |
| Born outside the EU | 1,269 | 11.67% |
Bulgarians over time
Quality of life in Forlì-Cesena
Full BES profile for Forlì-Cesena →Forlì-Cesena on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
About the Forlì-Cesena average of €1,553/m². Averaged across 3 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
25 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.
Housing here in excellent condition costs 24% more than ordinary condition — €1,826/m² against €1,475.
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 €1,517/m², against €1,475 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 3% 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.
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