Foreign residents in Santa Maria del Cedro
Santa Maria del Cedro, in the province of Cosenza, is home to 9 Britons — 0.17% of its 5,143 residents. That is the 404th-highest concentration of Britons of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 14th within Calabria.
Across the nationalities we track, Santa Maria del Cedro counts 35 foreign residents in total, 0.68% of the population. The largest groups are Britons (9), Brazilians (7), Russians (7).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Britons in Santa Maria del Cedro has risen, from 5 to 9 (+80%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 7.8% of Santa Maria del Cedro's population was born outside Italy — 4.1% outside the EU and 3.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 9 | 0.17% |
| Brazil | 7 | 0.14% |
| Russia | 7 | 0.14% |
| Spain | 3 | 0.06% |
| Argentina | 2 | 0.04% |
| Germany | 2 | 0.04% |
| Austria | 1 | 0.02% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0.02% |
| France | 1 | 0.02% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0.02% |
| United States | 1 | 0.02% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 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% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 4,742 | 92.20% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 189 | 3.67% |
| Born outside the EU | 212 | 4.12% |
Britons over time
Quality of life in Cosenza
Full BES profile for Cosenza →Cosenza on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Santa Maria del Cedro 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 →