Foreign residents in Riace
Riace, in the province of Reggio Calabria, is home to 3 French nationals — 0.17% of its 1,787 residents. That is the 280th-highest concentration of French nationals of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 5th within Calabria.
Across the nationalities we track, Riace counts 9 foreign residents in total, 0.50% of the population. The largest groups are French nationals (3), Germans (2), Britons (2).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of French nationals in Riace has risen, from 2 to 3 (+50%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 10.2% of Riace's population was born outside Italy — 8.1% outside the EU and 2.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| France | 3 | 0.17% |
| Germany | 2 | 0.11% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 0.11% |
| Russia | 1 | 0.06% |
| Venezuela | 1 | 0.06% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 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 | 1,604 | 89.76% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 39 | 2.18% |
| Born outside the EU | 144 | 8.06% |
French nationals over time
Quality of life in Reggio di Calabria
Full BES profile for Reggio di Calabria →Reggio di Calabria on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Riace 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 Riace is well below the Reggio Calabria average of €691/m². Averaged across 4 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
26.1 years of rent here equal the purchase price — above 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 €565/m², against €489 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — a house costs 16% 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.