Foreign residents in Oliena

Nuoro, Sardegna · Population 6,475 · Median age 47 · Indice di vecchiaia 206.6 (2019)

Data as of 2026-08-09· ISTAT

Oliena, in the province of Nuoro, is home to 2 Belgians — 0.03% of its 6,475 residents. That is the 792nd-highest concentration of Belgians of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 58th within Sardegna.

Across the nationalities we track, Oliena counts 8 foreign residents in total, 0.12% of the population. The largest groups are Belgians (2), French nationals (2), Austrians (1).

Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Belgians in Oliena has held roughly steady, from 2 to 2 (+0%).

Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 2.5% of Oliena's population was born outside Italy — 1.1% outside the EU and 1.4% 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

20022025. ISTAT’s intercensal population reconstruction (2002–2018) and resident-population registry (2019 onward).

By nationality

NationalityCitizensShare
Belgium20.03%
France20.03%
Austria10.02%
Ireland10.02%
Japan10.02%
Netherlands10.02%
Argentina00.00%
Australia00.00%
Brazil00.00%
Canada00.00%
Switzerland00.00%
Germany00.00%
Denmark00.00%
Spain00.00%
Finland00.00%
United Kingdom00.00%
Greece00.00%
South Korea00.00%
Mexico00.00%
Norway00.00%
Portugal00.00%
Russia00.00%
Sweden00.00%
United States00.00%
Venezuela00.00%

“Citizens” counts residents holding that country’s citizenship, from ISTAT’s population registry.

Country of birth

GroupResidentsShare
Born in Italy6,31297.48%
Born elsewhere in the EU921.42%
Born outside the EU711.10%

From ISTAT’s census data. Broad groups only — ISTAT does not publish comune-level population by specific country of birth, so this isn’t comparable per-nationality to the citizenship table above. See about the data.

Belgians over time

Quality of life in Nuoro

Province-level well-being (BES), by domain — percentile rank against Italy’s other provinces. Higher is always better here, regardless of the underlying indicator’s direction.

Environment67
Social relationships57
Safety41
Quality of services39
Health31
Work and life balance23
Landscape and cultural heritage20
Economic well-being13
Education and training1

Full BES profile for NuoroNuoro on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →

Tax regimes

Oliena 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 →

This lists the regimes we’ve published. Others exist that we haven’t encoded yet — we add one only once it has been checked against the legislation — so this isn’t a complete account of what might apply to you.

Nearby comuni

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