All things you need to know about living in Bobbio
Bobbio, in the province of Piacenza, is home to 91 Ukrainians: 2.74% of its 3,322 residents.
That is the 12th-highest concentration of Ukrainians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Emilia-Romagna it ranks 2nd.
ISTAT counts 335 residents with a foreign citizenship in Bobbio, 10.08% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Germans (4), Russians (3), Brazilians (2).
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 26.6°C (80°F) and winters a low of -0.8°C (31°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Bobbio sees about 8 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,147mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 125 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Bobbio at about €823 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Bobbio population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 91 | 2.74% |
| Romania | 65 | 1.96% |
| Bulgaria | 18 | 0.54% |
| Albania | 4 | 0.12% |
| Germany | 4 | 0.12% |
| Russia | 3 | 0.09% |
| Brazil | 2 | 0.06% |
| Denmark | 2 | 0.06% |
| France | 2 | 0.06% |
| Venezuela | 2 | 0.06% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.03% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0.03% |
| Czechia | 1 | 0.03% |
| Spain | 1 | 0.03% |
| Latvia | 1 | 0.03% |
| Slovakia | 1 | 0.03% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Poland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 2,869 | 86.36% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 87 | 2.62% |
| Born outside the EU | 366 | 11.02% |
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 Bobbio is below the Piacenza average of €952/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
24.5 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 €988/m², against €823 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 22% 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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