Foreign residents in Melito di Porto Salvo
Melito di Porto Salvo, in the province of Reggio Calabria, is home to 12 French nationals — 0.12% of its 10,387 residents. That is the 531st-highest concentration of French nationals of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 18th within Calabria.
Across the nationalities we track, Melito di Porto Salvo counts 26 foreign residents in total, 0.25% of the population. The largest groups are French nationals (12), Britons (3), Argentinians (2).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of French nationals in Melito di Porto Salvo has risen, from 11 to 12 (+9%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 9.6% of Melito di Porto Salvo's population was born outside Italy — 6.7% outside the EU and 2.8% 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 | 12 | 0.12% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 0.03% |
| Argentina | 2 | 0.02% |
| Brazil | 2 | 0.02% |
| Germany | 2 | 0.02% |
| Belgium | 1 | 0.01% |
| Spain | 1 | 0.01% |
| Finland | 1 | 0.01% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0.01% |
| Russia | 1 | 0.01% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 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 | 9,393 | 90.43% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 295 | 2.84% |
| Born outside the EU | 699 | 6.73% |
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
Melito di Porto Salvo 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 Melito di Porto Salvo is above the Reggio Calabria average of €691/m². Averaged across 3 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
21.4 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 €768/m², against €750 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — a house costs 16% 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.