Foreign residents in Presicce-Acquarica
Presicce-Acquarica, in the province of Lecce, is home to 7 Swiss nationals — 0.08% of its 9,180 residents. That is the 378th-highest concentration of Swiss nationals of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 10th within Puglia.
Across the nationalities we track, Presicce-Acquarica counts 29 foreign residents in total, 0.32% of the population. The largest groups are Swiss nationals (7), Germans (5), Belgians (3).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Swiss nationals in Presicce-Acquarica has risen, from 6 to 7 (+17%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 12.6% of Presicce-Acquarica's population was born outside Italy — 10.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 7 | 0.08% |
| Germany | 5 | 0.05% |
| Belgium | 3 | 0.03% |
| Brazil | 3 | 0.03% |
| France | 3 | 0.03% |
| Spain | 2 | 0.02% |
| Russia | 2 | 0.02% |
| Venezuela | 2 | 0.02% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.01% |
| Ireland | 1 | 0.01% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 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% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 8,027 | 87.44% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 212 | 2.31% |
| Born outside the EU | 941 | 10.25% |
Swiss nationals over time
Quality of life in Lecce
Full BES profile for Lecce →Lecce on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Presicce-Acquarica 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 Presicce-Acquarica is well below the Lecce average of €739/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
22.4 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 €670/m², against €498 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — a house costs 43% 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.