All things you need to know about living in Santa Maria la Longa
Santa Maria la Longa, in the province of Udine, is home to 15 Croatians: 0.65% of its 2,296 residents.
That is the 14th-highest concentration of Croatians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Friuli-Venezia Giulia it ranks 6th.
ISTAT counts 148 residents with a foreign citizenship in Santa Maria la Longa, 6.45% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Russians (2), Swiss nationals (1), Germans (1).
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Udine scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for people with at least upper secondary education level (25-64 years old) and nonprofit organizations.
It scores in the bottom quarter for burglaries reported.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 28.7°C (84°F) and winters a low of 0.7°C (33°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Santa Maria la Longa sees about 25 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,388mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 120 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Santa Maria la Longa at about €885 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 20.6 years of renting the same property.
Santa Maria la Longa population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 46 | 2.00% |
| Ukraine | 19 | 0.83% |
| Croatia | 15 | 0.65% |
| Albania | 2 | 0.09% |
| Poland | 2 | 0.09% |
| Russia | 2 | 0.09% |
| Slovenia | 2 | 0.09% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0.04% |
| Germany | 1 | 0.04% |
| France | 1 | 0.04% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.04% |
| Venezuela | 1 | 0.04% |
| 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% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 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% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 2,083 | 90.72% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 74 | 3.22% |
| Born outside the EU | 139 | 6.05% |
Croatians over time
Quality of life in Udine
Full BES profile for Udine →Udine on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Santa Maria la Longa is below the Udine average of €1,018/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
20.6 years of rent here equal the purchase price, close to 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 €775/m², against €885 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 12% less per square meter.
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 meter, but in 450 comuni it costs less — worth checking rather than assuming.
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