Foreign residents in Nicotera
Nicotera, in the province of Vibo Valentia, is home to 264 Argentinians — 3.68% of its 7,167 residents. That is the 4th-highest concentration of Argentinians of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 3rd within Calabria.
Across the nationalities we track, Nicotera counts 307 foreign residents in total, 4.28% of the population. The largest groups are Argentinians (264), Venezuelans (15), Brazilians (12).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Argentinians in Nicotera has risen, from 10 to 264 (+2540%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 27.1% of Nicotera's population was born outside Italy — 24.8% outside the EU and 2.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 264 | 3.68% |
| Venezuela | 15 | 0.21% |
| Brazil | 12 | 0.17% |
| United States | 4 | 0.06% |
| France | 3 | 0.04% |
| Canada | 2 | 0.03% |
| Germany | 2 | 0.03% |
| Spain | 2 | 0.03% |
| Russia | 2 | 0.03% |
| Mexico | 1 | 0.01% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 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% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 5,224 | 72.89% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 163 | 2.27% |
| Born outside the EU | 1,780 | 24.84% |
Argentinians over time
Quality of life in Vibo Valentia
Full BES profile for Vibo Valentia →Vibo Valentia on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Nicotera 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 Nicotera is well below the Vibo Valentia average of €809/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
20.4 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 €690/m², against €635 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — a house costs 23% 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.