Foreign residents in Leonessa
Leonessa, in the province of Rieti, is home to 1 French nationals — 0.05% of its 2,051 residents. That is the 1688th-highest concentration of French nationals of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 110th within Lazio.
Across the nationalities we track, Leonessa counts 2 foreign residents in total, 0.10% of the population. The largest groups are French nationals (1), Russians (1).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of French nationals in Leonessa has risen, from 0 to 1.
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 8.2% of Leonessa's population was born outside Italy — 3.9% outside the EU and 4.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| France | 1 | 0.05% |
| Russia | 1 | 0.05% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,883 | 91.81% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 89 | 4.34% |
| Born outside the EU | 79 | 3.85% |
French nationals over time
Quality of life in Rieti
Full BES profile for Rieti →Rieti on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Leonessa 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 Leonessa is below the Rieti average of €916/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market. OMI records no rental figures here.
A detached house here averages €1,125/m², against €800 for an apartment.
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.