All things you need to know about living in Pedivigliano
Pedivigliano, in the province of Cosenza, is home to 3 Argentinians: 0.41% of its 724 residents.
ISTAT counts 25 residents with a foreign citizenship in Pedivigliano, 3.45% of the population. Among the nationalities we follow most closely, the two groups are Argentinians (3) and Brazilians (1).
These are small numbers, so we would not read much into the percentage or any change in it.
Pedivigliano qualifies for the 7% pensioner regime.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Cosenza scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for burglaries reported and PM10 Annual average concentration.
It scores in the bottom quarter for employment rate (20-64 years old) and life expectancy at birth.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 26.6°C (80°F) and winters a low of 4.3°C (40°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Pedivigliano sees about 7 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,097mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 143 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Pedivigliano at about €463 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 20.8 years of renting the same property.
Pedivigliano population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 4 | 0.55% |
| Argentina | 3 | 0.41% |
| Poland | 3 | 0.41% |
| Ukraine | 2 | 0.28% |
| Brazil | 1 | 0.14% |
| Albania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 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% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 674 | 93.09% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 13 | 1.80% |
| Born outside the EU | 37 | 5.11% |
Argentinians over time
Quality of life in Cosenza
Full BES profile for Cosenza →Cosenza on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Pedivigliano 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 Pedivigliano is well below the Cosenza average of €795/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
20.8 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.
Seismic zone
Pedivigliano is in seismic zone 1. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 1 as the highest-hazard zone, where strong earthquakes are likely over the long run.
This is the legal classification the Region gave the comune, used for planning and for control of building works. It is not a forecast, and it says nothing about the building you are looking at: since the 2018 building code the design load of a new building comes from site-specific hazard, not from the zone. Have any specific property checked by a qualified engineer.
Not to be confused with the “seismic” routes of the 7% pensioner regime. Those turn on whether the comune was in the 2009 L’Aquila or 2016–17 central-Italy earthquake areas, not on its zone, and being in zone 1 does not make anyone eligible for that regime, or for any tax treatment.
See every comune on the map →Hospital, airport and daily-needs distance
Nearest hospital: Ospedale di Soveria Mannelli, about 14.5 km / 13 minutes by road from Pedivigliano (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale di Soveria Mannelli (Pronto Soccorso), about 14.5 km / 13 minutes by road from Pedivigliano (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Presidio Ospedaliero Annunziata, Cosenza (DEA level II), about 37.3 km / 32 minutes by road from Pedivigliano (the main town).
Nearest airport: Lamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International Airport (SUF), about 46.9 km / 31 minutes by road from Pedivigliano (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Contè, about 4.7 km / 6 minutes by road from Pedivigliano (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Putaro Snc di F. Putaro & C., about 3.3 km / 5 minutes by road from Pedivigliano (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Soveria Mannelli, about 13.7 km / 12 minutes by road from Pedivigliano (the main town).
Measured by road from the main town of the comune (its OpenStreetMap place point; the geographic center for the few comuni with none), at free-flow speeds with no traffic. It is approximate. For Pedivigliano, a trip from your own address can take longer or shorter. Drive the route before you rely on it, and ask the local health authority which hospital serves the town. Shops, pharmacies and stations are the nearest to the main town, not to your address.
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