All things you need to know about living in Bettola
Bettola, in the province of Piacenza, is home to 85 Ukrainians: 3.24% of its 2,625 residents.
That is the 8th-highest concentration of Ukrainians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Emilia-Romagna it ranks 1st.
ISTAT counts 224 residents with a foreign citizenship in Bettola, 8.53% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are French nationals (6), Britons (4), Russians (4).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Piacenza scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for employment rate (20-64 years old) and intentional homicide rate.
It scores in the bottom quarter for burglaries reported and density and importance of museums' heritage.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 27.3°C (81°F) and winters a low of -0.5°C (31°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Bettola sees about 11 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,145mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 123 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Bettola at about €733 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Bettola population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 85 | 3.24% |
| Romania | 30 | 1.14% |
| Albania | 25 | 0.95% |
| France | 6 | 0.23% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 0.15% |
| Russia | 4 | 0.15% |
| Brazil | 2 | 0.08% |
| Hungary | 2 | 0.08% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.04% |
| Austria | 1 | 0.04% |
| Germany | 1 | 0.04% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0.04% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Poland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 2,305 | 87.81% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 67 | 2.55% |
| Born outside the EU | 253 | 9.64% |
Ukrainians over time
Quality of life in Piacenza
Full BES profile for Piacenza →Piacenza on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Bettola is well below the Piacenza average of €952/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
24.6 years of rent here equal the purchase price, close to the national median of 22.2 years.
A ratio between two OMI prices, not a return on investment. It leaves out purchase taxes, IMU, maintenance, financing and the months a place sits empty — all of which push the real figure up. Useful for the question it does answer: whether this town looks expensive to buy relative to what renting in it costs.
A detached house here averages €910/m², against €733 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 25% more per square meter.
OMI prices “Ville e Villini” separately from the apartments every other figure on this page describes. Nationally a house costs about 14% more per square meter, but in 450 comuni it costs less — worth checking rather than assuming.
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