All things you need to know about living in the province of Chieti
The province of Chieti is home to 500 Britons: 0.13% of its 370,487 residents, across 104 comuni.
ISTAT counts 21,907 residents with a foreign citizenship in the province, 5.91% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Britons (500), Argentinians (288), Venezuelans (203).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Britons in the province has risen, from 412 to 500 (+21%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 10.4% of the province's population was born outside Italy: 6.8% outside the EU and 3.6% elsewhere in the EU. This broad-group split isn't comparable per-nationality to the citizenship figures above. See about the data.
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 6,584 | 1.78% |
| Albania | 3,233 | 0.87% |
| Ukraine | 1,007 | 0.27% |
| Poland | 501 | 0.14% |
| United Kingdom | 500 | 0.13% |
| Argentina | 288 | 0.08% |
| Bulgaria | 219 | 0.06% |
| Venezuela | 203 | 0.05% |
| Brazil | 175 | 0.05% |
| Germany | 173 | 0.05% |
| Russia | 161 | 0.04% |
| France | 155 | 0.04% |
| Lithuania | 153 | 0.04% |
| Spain | 116 | 0.03% |
| United States | 115 | 0.03% |
| Belgium | 74 | 0.02% |
| Slovakia | 54 | 0.01% |
| Greece | 49 | 0.01% |
| Switzerland | 46 | 0.01% |
| Ireland | 46 | 0.01% |
| Netherlands | 46 | 0.01% |
| Czechia | 45 | 0.01% |
| Latvia | 40 | 0.01% |
| Hungary | 39 | 0.01% |
| Japan | 39 | 0.01% |
| Portugal | 39 | 0.01% |
| Canada | 33 | 0.01% |
| Austria | 31 | 0.01% |
| Mexico | 23 | 0.01% |
| Australia | 19 | 0.01% |
| Croatia | 18 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 18 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 13 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 6 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 6 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 5 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 4 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 3 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 2 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 332,008 | 89.61% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 13,186 | 3.56% |
| Born outside the EU | 25,293 | 6.83% |
Britons over time
Top 25 comuni by Britons share
- Roccascalegna1.95%
- Torricella Peligna1.87%
- Roccaspinalveti1.32%
- Gessopalena0.96%
- Casoli0.79%
- Ari0.75%
- Torino di Sangro0.38%
- Rapino0.35%
- Canosa Sannita0.33%
- Lama dei Peligni0.29%
- Villa Santa Maria0.27%
- Sant'Eusanio del Sangro0.27%
- Castel Frentano0.24%
- Atessa0.20%
- Scerni0.20%
- Miglianico0.20%
- Casacanditella0.17%
- Guardiagrele0.17%
- Altino0.17%
- Orsogna0.14%
- Roccamontepiano0.13%
- Tornareccio0.12%
- Frisa0.12%
- Casalbordino0.11%
- Archi0.10%
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Compare Chieti with other provinces →See Chieti against all 107 on cost and quality →
Tax regimes
101 of Chieti’s 104 comuni qualify for the 7% pensioner regime — 97% of the province’s towns, but 67% of the people who live in it.
The two differ because the regime caps comune size: the towns it excludes are the biggest ones. Where you’d actually be living matters more than how many towns are on the list.
Which towns, and how the 7% pensioner regime works →Seismic zones of its comuni
A province has no seismic zone of its own: each of its comuni has one. Here is how the 104 comuni of Chieti are classified.
- Zone 1 (highest hazard)22
- Zone 255
- Zone 327
- Zone 4 (lowest hazard)0
Counts are comuni, not residents or land area. The zone is the legal classification each Region gave its comuni, not a forecast and not a verdict on any building. It has nothing to do with the 7% pensioner regime’s “seismic” routes, which depend on the 2009 and 2016–17 earthquake areas, not on a comune’s zone. See the map →