All things you need to know about living in the province of Rieti
The province of Rieti is home to 144 Britons: 0.10% of its 149,766 residents, across 73 comuni.
ISTAT counts 14,406 residents with a foreign citizenship in the province, 9.62% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Britons (144), Brazilians (108), Argentinians (79).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Britons in the province has fallen, from 148 to 144 (-3%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 12.0% of the province's population was born outside Italy: 8.2% outside the EU and 3.8% 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 | 4,483 | 2.99% |
| Ukraine | 773 | 0.52% |
| Albania | 746 | 0.50% |
| Poland | 412 | 0.28% |
| United Kingdom | 144 | 0.10% |
| Bulgaria | 128 | 0.09% |
| Brazil | 108 | 0.07% |
| Argentina | 79 | 0.05% |
| Germany | 74 | 0.05% |
| Russia | 69 | 0.05% |
| United States | 66 | 0.04% |
| France | 58 | 0.04% |
| Netherlands | 56 | 0.04% |
| Spain | 49 | 0.03% |
| Venezuela | 41 | 0.03% |
| Belgium | 36 | 0.02% |
| Lithuania | 20 | 0.01% |
| Ireland | 19 | 0.01% |
| Hungary | 18 | 0.01% |
| Mexico | 18 | 0.01% |
| Portugal | 16 | 0.01% |
| Canada | 15 | 0.01% |
| Japan | 15 | 0.01% |
| Croatia | 13 | 0.01% |
| Slovakia | 13 | 0.01% |
| Sweden | 12 | 0.01% |
| Switzerland | 11 | 0.01% |
| Greece | 10 | 0.01% |
| Denmark | 9 | 0.01% |
| Austria | 8 | 0.01% |
| Australia | 7 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 7 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 6 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 5 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 4 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 3 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 2 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 1 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 131,864 | 88.05% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 5,670 | 3.79% |
| Born outside the EU | 12,232 | 8.17% |
Britons over time
Top 25 comuni by Britons share
- Casperia0.92%
- Tarano0.65%
- Torricella in Sabina0.54%
- Poggio Catino0.38%
- Toffia0.37%
- Montopoli di Sabina0.34%
- Petrella Salto0.29%
- Collevecchio0.25%
- Torri in Sabina0.25%
- Forano0.18%
- Cantalupo in Sabina0.18%
- Magliano Sabina0.14%
- Amatrice0.14%
- Greccio0.14%
- Scandriglia0.09%
- Monteleone Sabino0.09%
- Selci0.09%
- Castel Sant'Angelo0.08%
- Poggio Mirteto0.08%
- Fara in Sabina0.08%
- Poggio Moiano0.07%
- Contigliano0.05%
- Poggio Bustone0.05%
- Borgorose0.05%
- Stimigliano0.05%
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Compare Rieti with other provinces →See Rieti against all 107 on cost and quality →
Tax regimes
14 of Rieti’s 73 comuni qualify for the 7% pensioner regime — 19% of the province’s towns, but 15% 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 73 comuni of Rieti are classified.
- Zone 1 (highest hazard)12
- Zone 260
- Zone 30
- Zone 4 (lowest hazard)0
Pescorocchiano (1-2A) straddles zones and is not counted above.
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 →