Foreign residents in San Martino in Pensilis
San Martino in Pensilis, in the province of Campobasso, is home to 5 French nationals — 0.11% of its 4,417 residents. That is the 548th-highest concentration of French nationals of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 4th within Molise.
Across the nationalities we track, San Martino in Pensilis counts 13 foreign residents in total, 0.29% of the population. The largest groups are French nationals (5), Britons (2), Russians (2).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of French nationals in San Martino in Pensilis has risen, from 4 to 5 (+25%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 8.3% of San Martino in Pensilis's population was born outside Italy — 4.5% outside the EU and 3.8% 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 | 5 | 0.11% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 0.05% |
| Russia | 2 | 0.05% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.02% |
| Brazil | 1 | 0.02% |
| Canada | 1 | 0.02% |
| Greece | 1 | 0.02% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 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% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 4,052 | 91.74% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 167 | 3.78% |
| Born outside the EU | 198 | 4.48% |
French nationals over time
Quality of life in Campobasso
Full BES profile for Campobasso →Campobasso on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
San Martino in Pensilis 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 Martino in Pensilis is well below the Campobasso average of €787/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
17.4 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 €675/m², against €575 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — a house costs 17% 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.