Foreign residents in Palata
Palata, in the province of Campobasso, is home to 3 Britons — 0.20% of its 1,469 residents. That is the 326th-highest concentration of Britons of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 1st within Molise.
Across the nationalities we track, Palata counts 8 foreign residents in total, 0.54% of the population. The largest groups are Britons (3), Argentinians (1), Brazilians (1).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Britons in Palata has risen, from 2 to 3 (+50%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 7.4% of Palata's population was born outside Italy — 3.9% outside the EU and 3.4% 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
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 0.20% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.07% |
| Brazil | 1 | 0.07% |
| Ireland | 1 | 0.07% |
| Sweden | 1 | 0.07% |
| United States | 1 | 0.07% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 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% |
| Greece | 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% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,361 | 92.65% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 50 | 3.40% |
| Born outside the EU | 58 | 3.95% |
Britons over time
Quality of life in Campobasso
Full BES profile for Campobasso →Campobasso on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Palata 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 Palata is well below the Campobasso average of €787/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
17.9 years of rent here equal the purchase price — below 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 €500/m², against €450 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — a house costs 11% 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.