Foreign residents in Gergei

Cagliari, Sardegna · Population 1,097 · Median age 50 · Indice di vecchiaia 279.5 (2019)

Data as of 2026-08-09· ISTAT

Gergei, in the province of Cagliari, is home to 1 Swiss nationals — 0.09% of its 1,097 residents. That is the 300th-highest concentration of Swiss nationals of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 28th within Sardegna.

Across the nationalities we track, Gergei counts 4 foreign residents in total, 0.36% of the population. The largest groups are Swiss nationals (1), Germans (1), Britons (1).

Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Swiss nationals in Gergei has risen, from 0 to 1.

Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 2.6% of Gergei's population was born outside Italy — 1.1% outside the EU and 1.5% 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

20022025. ISTAT’s intercensal population reconstruction (2002–2018) and resident-population registry (2019 onward).

By nationality

NationalityCitizensShare
Switzerland10.09%
Germany10.09%
United Kingdom10.09%
United States10.09%
Argentina00.00%
Austria00.00%
Australia00.00%
Belgium00.00%
Brazil00.00%
Canada00.00%
Denmark00.00%
Spain00.00%
Finland00.00%
France00.00%
Greece00.00%
Ireland00.00%
Japan00.00%
South Korea00.00%
Mexico00.00%
Netherlands00.00%
Norway00.00%
Portugal00.00%
Russia00.00%
Sweden00.00%
Venezuela00.00%

“Citizens” counts residents holding that country’s citizenship, from ISTAT’s population registry.

Country of birth

GroupResidentsShare
Born in Italy1,06897.36%
Born elsewhere in the EU171.55%
Born outside the EU121.09%

From ISTAT’s census data. Broad groups only — ISTAT does not publish comune-level population by specific country of birth, so this isn’t comparable per-nationality to the citizenship table above. See about the data.

Swiss nationals over time

Quality of life in Cagliari

Province-level well-being (BES), by domain — percentile rank against Italy’s other provinces. Higher is always better here, regardless of the underlying indicator’s direction.

Quality of services91
Economic well-being66
Safety64
Health59
Social relationships59
Landscape and cultural heritage57
Education and training46
Environment39
Work and life balance33

Full BES profile for CagliariCagliari on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →

Tax regimes

Gergei 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 →

This lists the regimes we’ve published. Others exist that we haven’t encoded yet — we add one only once it has been checked against the legislation — so this isn’t a complete account of what might apply to you.

Nearby comuni

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