Foreign residents in Gallura Nord-Est Sardegna province

Sardegna · 26 comuni · Population 159,222

Data as of 2026-08-09· ISTAT

The province of Gallura Nord-Est Sardegna is home to 385 Germans — 0.24% of its 159,222 residents, across 26 comuni.

Across the nationalities we track, the province counts 1,779 foreign residents in total, 1.12% of the population. The largest groups are Germans (385), Russians (211), French nationals (202).

Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Germans in the province has risen, from 349 to 385 (+10%).

Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 9.9% of the province's population was born outside Italy — 5.3% outside the EU and 4.6% elsewhere in the EU. This broad-group split isn't comparable per-nationality to the citizenship figures above — see about the data.

By nationality

NationalityCitizensShare
Germany3850.24%
Russia2110.13%
France2020.13%
Brazil1600.10%
Argentina1380.09%
United Kingdom1150.07%
Switzerland1070.07%
Spain980.06%
Belgium650.04%
United States650.04%
Netherlands470.03%
Austria380.02%
Venezuela290.02%
Portugal280.02%
Sweden150.01%
Greece130.01%
Australia120.01%
Mexico90.01%
Denmark80.01%
Ireland80.01%
Canada70.00%
Norway70.00%
Finland60.00%
Japan50.00%
South Korea10.00%

“Citizens” counts residents holding that country’s citizenship, summed across every comune in the province.

Country of birth

GroupResidentsShare
Born in Italy143,41990.07%
Born elsewhere in the EU7,3034.59%
Born outside the EU8,5005.34%

From ISTAT’s census data. Broad groups only — see about the data.

Germans over time

Top 25 comuni by Germans share

  1. 1stAglientu1.76% (21)
  2. 2ndLuogosanto1.27% (23)
  3. 3rdSan Teodoro0.97% (50)
  4. 4thPadru0.90% (19)
  5. 5thLoiri Porto San Paolo0.76% (29)
  6. 6thBudoni0.52% (29)
  7. 7thTrinità d'Agultu e Vignola0.52% (13)
  8. 8thSanta Teresa Gallura0.45% (23)
  9. 9thArzachena0.36% (49)
  10. 10thPalau0.27% (11)
  11. 11thTelti0.18% (4)
  12. 12thAggius0.14% (2)
  13. 13thTempio Pausania0.13% (17)
  14. 14thGolfo Aranci0.13% (3)
  15. 15thOlbia0.12% (71)
  16. 16thLuras0.08% (2)
  17. 17thMonti0.08% (2)
  18. 18thLa Maddalena0.06% (6)
  19. 19thCalangianus0.05% (2)
  20. 20thBerchidda0.04% (1)
  21. 21stAlà dei Sardi0.00% (0)
  22. 22ndBadesi0.00% (0)
  23. 23rdBuddusò0.00% (0)
  24. 24thOschiri0.00% (0)
  25. 25thSant'Antonio di Gallura0.00% (0)

Tax regimes

25 of Gallura Nord-Est Sardegna’s 26 comuni qualify for the 7% pensioner regime96% of the province’s towns, but 61% 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 →

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.

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