Foreign residents in Silvi
Silvi, in the province of Teramo, is home to 154 Russians — 0.99% of its 15,482 residents. That is the 14th-highest concentration of Russians of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 1st within Abruzzo.
Across the nationalities we track, Silvi counts 271 foreign residents in total, 1.75% of the population. The largest groups are Russians (154), Brazilians (32), Germans (17).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Russians in Silvi has risen, from 58 to 154 (+166%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 13.0% of Silvi's population was born outside Italy — 9.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | 154 | 0.99% |
| Brazil | 32 | 0.21% |
| Germany | 17 | 0.11% |
| Venezuela | 15 | 0.10% |
| United States | 10 | 0.06% |
| France | 8 | 0.05% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 0.05% |
| Argentina | 6 | 0.04% |
| Belgium | 4 | 0.03% |
| Finland | 4 | 0.03% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 0.02% |
| Spain | 3 | 0.02% |
| Canada | 2 | 0.01% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 0.01% |
| Portugal | 2 | 0.01% |
| Austria | 1 | 0.01% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 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% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 13,475 | 87.04% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 569 | 3.68% |
| Born outside the EU | 1,438 | 9.29% |
Russians over time
Quality of life in Teramo
Full BES profile for Teramo →Teramo on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Silvi 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 Silvi is well above the Teramo average of €1,081/m². Averaged across 7 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
24.9 years of rent here equal the purchase price — above 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 €1,575/m², against €1,434 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — a house costs 12% more per square metre.
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 metre, but in 450 comuni it costs less — worth checking rather than assuming.