Foreign residents in Montereale
Montereale, in the province of L'Aquila, is home to 2 Americans — 0.09% of its 2,178 residents. That is the 385th-highest concentration of Americans of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 19th within Abruzzo.
Across the nationalities we track, Montereale counts 3 foreign residents in total, 0.14% of the population. The largest groups are Americans (2), Argentinians (1).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Americans in Montereale has risen, from 0 to 2.
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 10.1% of Montereale's population was born outside Italy — 4.6% outside the EU and 5.5% 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
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 0.09% |
| Argentina | 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% |
| Germany | 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% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,958 | 89.90% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 120 | 5.51% |
| Born outside the EU | 100 | 4.59% |
Americans over time
Quality of life in L'Aquila
Full BES profile for L'Aquila →L'Aquila on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Montereale 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 Montereale is well below the L'Aquila average of €704/m². Averaged across 3 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
24.6 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 €612/m², against €532 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — a house costs 15% 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.