Foreign residents in San Polo Matese

Campobasso, Molise · Population 478 · Median age 47 · Indice di vecchiaia 232.7 (2019)

Data as of 2026-08-09· ISTAT

San Polo Matese, in the province of Campobasso, is home to 2 Argentinians — 0.42% of its 478 residents. That is notable for a comune of its size.

Across the nationalities we track, San Polo Matese counts 8 foreign residents in total, 1.67% of the population. The largest groups are Argentinians (2), Australians (2), Americans (2).

Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Argentinians in San Polo Matese has risen, from 0 to 2.

Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 11.5% of San Polo Matese's population was born outside Italy — 8.4% outside the EU and 3.1% 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

20022025. ISTAT’s intercensal population reconstruction (2002–2018) and resident-population registry (2019 onward).

By nationality

NationalityCitizensShare
Argentina20.42%
Australia20.42%
United States20.42%
Canada10.21%
Germany10.21%
Austria00.00%
Belgium00.00%
Brazil00.00%
Switzerland00.00%
Denmark00.00%
Spain00.00%
Finland00.00%
France00.00%
United Kingdom00.00%
Greece00.00%
Ireland00.00%
Japan00.00%
South Korea00.00%
Mexico00.00%
Netherlands00.00%
Norway00.00%
Portugal00.00%
Russia00.00%
Sweden00.00%
Venezuela00.00%

“Citizens” counts residents holding that country’s citizenship, from ISTAT’s population registry.

Country of birth

GroupResidentsShare
Born in Italy42388.49%
Born elsewhere in the EU153.14%
Born outside the EU408.37%

From ISTAT’s census data. Broad groups only — ISTAT does not publish comune-level population by specific country of birth, so this isn’t comparable per-nationality to the citizenship table above. See about the data.

Argentinians over time

Quality of life in Campobasso

Province-level well-being (BES), by domain — percentile rank against Italy’s other provinces. Higher is always better here, regardless of the underlying indicator’s direction.

Quality of services74
Environment60
Social relationships55
Education and training53
Safety43
Economic well-being28
Work and life balance25
Health21
Landscape and cultural heritage8

Full BES profile for CampobassoCampobasso on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →

Tax regimes

San Polo Matese 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 →

This lists the regimes we’ve published. Others exist that we haven’t encoded yet — we add one only once it has been checked against the legislation — so this isn’t a complete account of what might apply to you.

Nearby comuni

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