7% Tax Towns in Abruzzo

Abruzzo counts as part of the south for this regime (article 24-ter names it alongside the other Mezzogiorno regions), and 297 of its 305 comuni qualify. Only Pescara, L'Aquila, Montesilvano, Teramo, Chieti, Avezzano, Vasto, and Lanciano are over the cap. The region splits into two propositions: high Apennine towns in the interior, and an Adriatic coastline that the 2026 cap change has just opened up.

The interior is the Abruzzo most people picture. Santo Stefano di Sessanio (about 105 residents) is a restored stone village on the Gran Sasso plateau; Scanno (about 1,700) sits above its lake; Pacentro (about 1,100) and Pescocostanzo (about 1,100) hold the mountains around Sulmona; and Tagliacozzo (about 6,400), near the Lazio border, has a regional rail line toward Rome. These are small, high-altitude communities: snow in winter, cool summers, and some of the lowest property prices in the country. Guardiagrele (about 8,300), on the eastern slopes of the Majella, splits the difference between the mountains and the coastal plain.

The April 2026 increase added five towns, and four are on the coast: Roseto degli Abruzzi (about 25,900), Giulianova (about 23,600), Francavilla al Mare (about 25,600), and Ortona (about 22,000), established beach towns with stations on the Adriatic rail line. The fifth is Sulmona (about 21,800), the market town of the Peligna valley and Ovid's birthplace. Under the old 20,000 cap, almost none of Abruzzo's coast qualified; now it is a realistic option.

Access runs through Pescara, whose airport carries year-round European routes; Rome's airports are about two hours by road from the western valleys. The main hospitals are in Pescara, Chieti, Teramo, and L'Aquila. One note on the earthquake provisions: Abruzzo comuni affected by the 2009 and 2016–17 earthquakes qualify here through the region-wide southern route (no special earthquake listing needed), so they appear in this region's list and on the main map alongside every other eligible town.