All things you need to know about living in Sant'Eufemia a Maiella
Sant'Eufemia a Maiella, in the province of Pescara, is home to 2 Britons: 0.82% of its 244 residents.
ISTAT counts 23 residents with a foreign citizenship in Sant'Eufemia a Maiella, 9.43% of the population. Among the nationalities we follow most closely, the two groups are Britons (2) and Germans (1).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
These are small numbers, so we would not read much into the percentage or any change in it.
Sant'Eufemia a Maiella qualifies for the 7% pensioner regime.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Pescara scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage and people with at least upper secondary education level (25-64 years old).
It scores in the bottom quarter for 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 25.2°C (77°F) and winters a low of -3.5°C (26°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Sant'Eufemia a Maiella sees about 4 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,188mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 152 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Sant'Eufemia a Maiella at about €568 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Sant'Eufemia a Maiella population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 0.82% |
| Germany | 1 | 0.41% |
| Albania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Argentina | 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% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 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% |
| Romania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 205 | 84.02% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 1 | 0.41% |
| Born outside the EU | 38 | 15.57% |
Britons over time
Quality of life in Pescara
Full BES profile for Pescara →Pescara on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Sant'Eufemia a Maiella 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 Sant'Eufemia a Maiella is well below the Pescara average of €1,049/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
18.5 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
Sant'Eufemia a Maiella is in seismic zone 1. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 1 as the highest-hazard zone, where strong earthquakes are likely over the long run.
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: PO Sulmona ' Dell' Annunziata', about 34.8 km / 32 minutes by road from Sant'Eufemia a Maiella (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: PO Sulmona ' Dell' Annunziata' (DEA level I), about 34.8 km / 32 minutes by road from Sant'Eufemia a Maiella (the main town).
Nearest airport: Abruzzo Airport (PSR), about 54.1 km / 47 minutes by road from Sant'Eufemia a Maiella (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Conad, about 6.4 km / 8 minutes by road from Sant'Eufemia a Maiella (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Manuela Crisante, about 5.8 km / 5 minutes by road from Sant'Eufemia a Maiella (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Piano d'Orta Bolognano, about 24.1 km / 26 minutes by road from Sant'Eufemia a Maiella (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 Sant'Eufemia a Maiella, 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.
Nearby comuni
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