—per m² to buy, residentialNo OMI data here

1,043residents at the last countISTAT · comune

1.05%hold a foreign citizenshipISTAT · citizenship

0.77%hold one of the 41 citizenships we trackISTAT · citizenship

7% pensioner regime appliesSee the eligibility belowOur curation · comune

All things you need to know about living in Urzulei

Ogliastra, Sardegna · Population 1,043 · Median age 51 · Indice di vecchiaia 290.9 (2019)

Data as of 2026-10-13· ISTAT

Nationality

Urzulei, in the province of Ogliastra, is home to 1 French nationals: 0.10% of its 1,043 residents.

That is the 713th-highest concentration of French nationals among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.

Within Sardegna it ranks 52nd.

ISTAT counts 11 residents with a foreign citizenship in Urzulei, 1.05% of the population. Among the nationalities we follow most closely, the only group is French nationals (1).

That puts Urzulei in the bottom ten percent of Italian comuni for foreign residents. Anyone moving here should expect to be unusual.

These are small numbers, so we would not read much into the percentage or any change in it.

Urzulei qualifies for the 7% pensioner regime.

Summers average a high of 27.4°C (81°F) and winters a low of 4.0°C (39°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.

Urzulei sees about 7 days a year above 30°C (86°F).

It gets about 719mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 102 days.

These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.

Between 2019 and 2025, the number of French nationals in Urzulei rose from 0 to 1.

ISTAT's census data puts 2.4% of Urzulei's population as born outside Italy: 0.8% outside the EU and 1.6% elsewhere in the EU. ISTAT does not publish this by specific country at comune level, so it does not line up with the citizenship figures above.

Urzulei population over time

2002–2025. ISTAT’s intercensal population reconstruction (2002–2018) and resident-population registry (2019 onward).

By nationality

Nationality	Citizens	Share
Romania	6	0.58%
France	1	0.10%
Ukraine	1	0.10%
Albania	0	0.00%
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%
Switzerland	0	0.00%
Cyprus	0	0.00%
Czechia	0	0.00%
Germany	0	0.00%
Denmark	0	0.00%
Estonia	0	0.00%
Spain	0	0.00%
Finland	0	0.00%
United Kingdom	0	0.00%
Greece	0	0.00%
Croatia	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%
Poland	0	0.00%
Portugal	0	0.00%
Russia	0	0.00%
Sweden	0	0.00%
Slovenia	0	0.00%
Slovakia	0	0.00%
United States	0	0.00%
Venezuela	0	0.00%

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

Country of birth

Group	Residents	Share
Born in Italy	1,018	97.60%
Born elsewhere in the EU	17	1.63%
Born outside the EU	8	0.77%

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.

French nationals over time

Tax regimes

Urzulei 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.

Seismic zone

Urzulei is in seismic zone 4. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 4 as the lowest-hazard zone, where a strong earthquake is very unlikely.

This is the legal classification the Region gave the comune, used for planning and for control of building works. It is not a forecast, and it says nothing about the building you are looking at: since the 2018 building code the design load of a new building comes from site-specific hazard, not from the zone. Have any specific property checked by a qualified engineer.

Not to be confused with the “seismic” routes of the 7% pensioner regime. Those turn on whether the comune was in the 2009 L’Aquila or 2016–17 central-Italy earthquake areas, not on its zone, and being in zone 1 does not make anyone eligible for that regime, or for any tax treatment.

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Fonte: Dipartimento della Protezione Civile-Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, classification updated to 31 May 2025 (CC BY 4.0). Source table. Each Region classifies its own comuni by its own act, so a Region’s change shows up here only after the Department updates its table.

Hospital, airport and daily-needs distance

Nearest hospital: P.O. 'Nostra Signora della Mercede', about 47.7 km / 36 minutes by road from Orthullè/Urzulei (the main town).

The nearest hospital with inpatient beds in the Ministero della Salute's 2023 list. A hospital with beds is not necessarily one with an emergency department. Ministero della Salute (2023); positions and roads © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). See every comune on the map

Nearest emergency department: P.O. 'Nostra Signora della Mercede', Lanusei (Pronto Soccorso), about 47.7 km / 36 minutes by road from Orthullè/Urzulei (the main town).

The nearest hospital the Ministero della Salute lists in its emergency network (31 December 2025) as DEA level I or II or Pronto Soccorso. A Pronto Soccorso is not the same as a DEA: a DEA is a larger emergency department with more specialties on site. It is not a service guarantee; confirm with the local health authority. Ministero della Salute (emergency network, 2025); positions and roads © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). See every comune on the map

Nearest DEA (level I or II): P.O. San Francesco, Nuoro (DEA level I), about 66.6 km / 56 minutes by road from Orthullè/Urzulei (the main town).

The nearest hospital the Ministero della Salute lists in its emergency network (31 December 2025) as DEA level I or II, leaving out Pronto Soccorso sites. A DEA is a larger emergency department with more specialties on site; level II adds the most complex care. It is not a service guarantee. Ministero della Salute (emergency network, 2025); positions and roads © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). See every comune on the map

Nearest airport: Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB), about 128.6 km / 100 minutes by road from Orthullè/Urzulei (the main town).

The nearest of the airports where ENAC recorded at least 4,000 passengers in 2025; this leaves out two airports that carried almost none (Taranto-Grottaglie, Brescia-Montichiari). It says nothing about flights or routes. ENAC (2025); OurAirports; roads © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). See every comune on the map

Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Nonna Isa, about 0.3 km / 1 minute by road from Orthullè/Urzulei (the main town).

The nearest supermarket as OpenStreetMap volunteers have mapped it. There is no official national list, so a store missing from the map is missing here. Small grocers and corner shops are not counted, so a village with a local alimentari but no supermarket shows a longer time than its real food shopping. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). See every comune on the map

Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Fancello Andreana, about 8.6 km / 8 minutes by road from Orthullè/Urzulei (the main town).

The nearest pharmacy in the Ministero della Salute's open register (ordinary and branch pharmacies; dispensari with limited hours are left out). It says nothing about opening hours or night and Sunday duty. Ministero della Salute (open register of pharmacies, IODL 2.0); roads © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). See every comune on the map

Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Tortolì, about 30 km / 22 minutes by road from Orthullè/Urzulei (the main town).

The nearest railway station with passenger service as OpenStreetMap volunteers have mapped it (metro, tram, funicular and heritage lines are left out). RFI publishes no national open list. It does not say how often trains stop there or where they go. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). See every comune on the map

Measured by road from the main town of the comune (its OpenStreetMap place point; the geographic center for the few comuni with none), at free-flow speeds with no traffic. It is approximate. For Urzulei, a trip from your own address can take longer or shorter. Drive the route before you rely on it, and ask the local health authority which hospital serves the town. Shops, pharmacies and stations are the nearest to the main town, not to your address.

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