Foreign residents in Mese
Mese, in the province of Sondrio, is home to 2 Germans — 0.11% of its 1,867 residents. That is the 991st-highest concentration of Germans of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 145th within Lombardia.
Across the nationalities we track, Mese counts 5 foreign residents in total, 0.27% of the population. The largest groups are Germans (2), Argentinians (1), Russians (1).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Germans in Mese has held roughly steady, from 2 to 2 (+0%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 5.4% of Mese's population was born outside Italy — 4.7% outside the EU and 0.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | 0.11% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.05% |
| Russia | 1 | 0.05% |
| United States | 1 | 0.05% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 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% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,766 | 94.59% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 13 | 0.70% |
| Born outside the EU | 88 | 4.71% |
Germans over time
Quality of life in Sondrio
Full BES profile for Sondrio →Sondrio on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Mese is well below the Sondrio average of €1,483/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
25.4 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 — €1,376/m² against €1,113.
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 €1,225/m², against €1,113 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — the two cost about the same per square metre — the opposite of what the two averages above suggest, because OMI prices houses and flats in different parts of town.
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.