All things you need to know about living in San Biase
San Biase, in the province of Campobasso, is home to 1 Argentinians: 0.81% of its 124 residents.
ISTAT counts 6 residents with a foreign citizenship in San Biase, 4.84% of the population. Among the nationalities we follow most closely, the only group is Argentinians (1).
These are small numbers, so we would not read much into the percentage or any change in it.
San Biase qualifies for the 7% pensioner regime.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Campobasso scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage and PM10 Annual average concentration.
It scores in the bottom quarter for road mortality in non-urban roads and density and importance of museums' heritage.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 29.4°C (85°F) and winters a low of 0.2°C (32°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
San Biase sees about 33 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 882mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 125 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in San Biase at about €425 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 17.7 years of renting the same property.
San Biase population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 1 | 0.81% |
| Romania | 1 | 0.81% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 0.81% |
| Albania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 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% |
| Poland | 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 | 112 | 90.32% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 2 | 1.61% |
| Born outside the EU | 10 | 8.06% |
Argentinians over time
Quality of life in Campobasso
Full BES profile for Campobasso →Campobasso on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
San Biase 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 San Biase is well below the Campobasso average of €787/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
17.7 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.
Seismic zone
San Biase is in seismic zone 2. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 2 as a zone where strong earthquakes are possible.
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: Casa di Cura Villa Maria SRL, about 30.9 km / 35 minutes by road from San Biase (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Presidio Ospedaliero 'a.Cardarelli', Campobasso (DEA level I), about 32.2 km / 36 minutes by road from San Biase (the main town).
Nearest airport: Abruzzo Airport (PSR), about 133.3 km / 91 minutes by road from San Biase (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Maxi Coal, about 16.5 km / 23 minutes by road from San Biase (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Antica Farmacia Pecoraro - Farmacia San Biase, about 1.5 km / 2 minutes by road from San Biase (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): San Michele, about 27.1 km / 31 minutes by road from San Biase (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 San Biase, 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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