Foreign residents in Tiggiano
Tiggiano, in the province of Lecce, is home to 3 Americans — 0.11% of its 2,835 residents. That is the 304th-highest concentration of Americans of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 3rd within Puglia.
Across the nationalities we track, Tiggiano counts 7 foreign residents in total, 0.25% of the population. The largest groups are Americans (3), Argentinians (1), Greeks (1).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Americans in Tiggiano has risen, from 1 to 3 (+200%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 8.9% of Tiggiano's population was born outside Italy — 7.9% outside the EU and 1.1% 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 States | 3 | 0.11% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.04% |
| Greece | 1 | 0.04% |
| Ireland | 1 | 0.04% |
| Russia | 1 | 0.04% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 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 | 2,582 | 91.08% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 30 | 1.06% |
| Born outside the EU | 223 | 7.87% |
Americans over time
Quality of life in Lecce
Full BES profile for Lecce →Lecce on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Tiggiano 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 Tiggiano is well below the Lecce average of €739/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
21.1 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 €588/m², against €480 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — a house costs 22% 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.