Foreign residents in Villa Castelli

Brindisi, Puglia · Population 8,948 · Median age 42 · Indice di vecchiaia 129.6 (2019)

Data as of 2026-08-09· ISTAT

Villa Castelli, in the province of Brindisi, is home to 5 French nationals — 0.06% of its 8,948 residents. That is the 1478th-highest concentration of French nationals of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 32nd within Puglia.

Across the nationalities we track, Villa Castelli counts 13 foreign residents in total, 0.15% of the population. The largest groups are French nationals (5), Germans (2), Dutch nationals (2).

Over the period 2019–2025, the number of French nationals in Villa Castelli has risen, from 2 to 5 (+150%).

Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 4.3% of Villa Castelli's population was born outside Italy — 2.4% outside the EU and 1.9% 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
France50.06%
Germany20.02%
Netherlands20.02%
Russia20.02%
United Kingdom10.01%
United States10.01%
Argentina00.00%
Austria00.00%
Australia00.00%
Belgium00.00%
Brazil00.00%
Canada00.00%
Switzerland00.00%
Denmark00.00%
Spain00.00%
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 Italy8,56595.72%
Born elsewhere in the EU1721.92%
Born outside the EU2112.36%

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

Quality of life in Brindisi

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.

Environment42
Safety35
Health31
Quality of services30
Landscape and cultural heritage28
Work and life balance20
Social relationships16
Education and training12
Economic well-being11

Full BES profile for BrindisiBrindisi on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →

Tax regimes

Villa Castelli 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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