Foreign residents in Maropati
Maropati, in the province of Reggio Calabria, is home to 2 French nationals — 0.15% of its 1,293 residents. That is the 329th-highest concentration of French nationals of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 10th within Calabria.
Across the nationalities we track, Maropati counts 3 foreign residents in total, 0.23% of the population. The largest groups are French nationals (2), Argentinians (1).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of French nationals in Maropati has held roughly steady, from 2 to 2 (+0%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 6.7% of Maropati's population was born outside Italy — 3.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| France | 2 | 0.15% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.08% |
| 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% |
| Russia | 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 | 1,206 | 93.27% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 40 | 3.09% |
| Born outside the EU | 47 | 3.63% |
French nationals over time
Quality of life in Reggio di Calabria
Full BES profile for Reggio di Calabria →Reggio di Calabria on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Maropati 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 Maropati is well below the Reggio Calabria average of €691/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
23.2 years of rent here equal the purchase price, close to 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.
A detached house here averages €593/m², against €493 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — a house costs 21% 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.