Foreign residents in Sulcis Iglesiente province

Sardegna · 24 comuni · Population 118,883

Data as of 2026-08-09· ISTAT

The province of Sulcis Iglesiente is home to 88 Germans — 0.07% of its 118,883 residents, across 24 comuni.

Across the nationalities we track, the province counts 397 foreign residents in total, 0.33% of the population. The largest groups are Germans (88), French nationals (45), Russians (44).

Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Germans in the province has risen, from 68 to 88 (+29%).

Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 3.1% of the province's population was born outside Italy — 1.7% outside the EU and 1.4% 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
Germany880.07%
France450.04%
Russia440.04%
United Kingdom390.03%
Brazil330.03%
Spain270.02%
Netherlands240.02%
Venezuela190.02%
Switzerland160.01%
Belgium130.01%
United States110.01%
Argentina70.01%
Canada50.00%
Austria40.00%
Australia40.00%
Greece40.00%
Ireland40.00%
Portugal30.00%
Denmark20.00%
Sweden20.00%
Finland10.00%
Japan10.00%
Mexico10.00%
South Korea00.00%
Norway00.00%

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

Country of birth

GroupResidentsShare
Born in Italy115,19696.90%
Born elsewhere in the EU1,7181.45%
Born outside the EU1,9691.66%

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

Germans over time

Top 22 comuni by Germans share

  1. 1stBuggerru0.39% (4)
  2. 2ndMasainas0.34% (4)
  3. 3rdCalasetta0.32% (9)
  4. 4thNuxis0.29% (4)
  5. 5thNarcao0.20% (6)
  6. 6thSant'Anna Arresi0.19% (5)
  7. 7thCarloforte0.19% (11)
  8. 8thFluminimaggiore0.15% (4)
  9. 9thGonnesa0.13% (6)
  10. 10thTeulada0.13% (4)
  11. 11thSant'Antioco0.10% (11)
  12. 12thPortoscuso0.06% (3)
  13. 13thGiba0.05% (1)
  14. 14thSan Giovanni Suergiu0.04% (2)
  15. 15thCarbonia0.04% (9)
  16. 16thDomusnovas0.02% (1)
  17. 17thIglesias0.01% (2)
  18. 18thMusei0.00% (0)
  19. 19thPerdaxius0.00% (0)
  20. 20thSantadi0.00% (0)
  21. 21stVillamassargia0.00% (0)
  22. 22ndVillaperuccio0.00% (0)

Tax regimes

24 of Sulcis Iglesiente’s 24 comuni qualify for the 7% pensioner regime100% of the province’s towns, but 100% 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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