Foreign residents in Santa Maria del Cedro

Cosenza, Calabria · Population 5,143 · Median age 46 · Indice di vecchiaia 181.1 (2019)

Data as of 2026-08-09· ISTAT

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

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

By nationality

NationalityCitizensShare
United Kingdom90.17%
Brazil70.14%
Russia70.14%
Spain30.06%
Argentina20.04%
Germany20.04%
Austria10.02%
Switzerland10.02%
France10.02%
Netherlands10.02%
United States10.02%
Australia00.00%
Belgium00.00%
Canada00.00%
Denmark00.00%
Finland00.00%
Greece00.00%
Ireland00.00%
Japan00.00%
South Korea00.00%
Mexico00.00%
Norway00.00%
Portugal00.00%
Sweden00.00%
Venezuela00.00%

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

Country of birth

GroupResidentsShare
Born in Italy4,74292.20%
Born elsewhere in the EU1893.67%
Born outside the EU2124.12%

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.

Britons over time

Quality of life in Cosenza

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.

Environment76
Safety43
Education and training42
Quality of services22
Social relationships18
Landscape and cultural heritage16
Economic well-being12
Health6
Work and life balance5

Full BES profile for CosenzaCosenza 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 →

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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