All things you need to know about living in Borgo San Martino
Borgo San Martino, in the province of Alessandria, is home to 1 Brazilians: 0.08% of its 1,313 residents.
That is the 2255th-highest concentration of Brazilians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Piemonte it ranks 304th.
ISTAT counts 109 residents with a foreign citizenship in Borgo San Martino, 8.30% of the population. Among the nationalities we follow most closely, the two groups are Brazilians (1) and Britons (1).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Alessandria scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for road mortality in non-urban roads.
It scores in the bottom quarter for burglaries reported and life expectancy at birth.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 30.2°C (86°F) and winters a low of -1.1°C (30°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Borgo San Martino sees about 43 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 913mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 120 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Borgo San Martino at about €525 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Borgo San Martino population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | 13 | 0.99% |
| Romania | 10 | 0.76% |
| Ukraine | 6 | 0.46% |
| Brazil | 1 | 0.08% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.08% |
| Poland | 1 | 0.08% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| 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% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 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% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 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 | 1,168 | 88.96% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 18 | 1.37% |
| Born outside the EU | 127 | 9.67% |
Brazilians over time
Quality of life in Alessandria
Full BES profile for Alessandria →Alessandria on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Borgo San Martino is below the Alessandria average of €639/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
27.3 years of rent here equal the purchase price — above 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.
Seismic zone
Borgo San Martino is in seismic zone 4. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 4 as the lowest-hazard zone, where a strong earthquake is very unlikely.
This is the legal classification the Region gave the comune, used for planning and for control of building works. It is not a forecast, and it says nothing about the building you are looking at: since the 2018 building code the design load of a new building comes from site-specific hazard, not from the zone. Have any specific property checked by a qualified engineer.
Not to be confused with the “seismic” routes of the 7% pensioner regime. Those turn on whether the comune was in the 2009 L’Aquila or 2016–17 central-Italy earthquake areas, not on its zone, and being in zone 1 does not make anyone eligible for that regime, or for any tax treatment.
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Nearest hospital: Ospedale Santo Spirito Casale, about 10.5 km / 11 minutes by road from Borgo San Martino (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale Santo Spirito Casale, Casale Monferrato (DEA level I), about 10.5 km / 11 minutes by road from Borgo San Martino (the main town).
Nearest airport: Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP), about 102.7 km / 61 minutes by road from Borgo San Martino (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): OK Market, about 2.7 km / 4 minutes by road from Borgo San Martino (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Vittoria S.a.S. di Pisano Dott.Ssa Ilaria & C., about 0.5 km / 1 minute by road from Borgo San Martino (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Borgo San Martino, about 1 km / 1 minute by road from Borgo San Martino (the main town).
Measured by road from the main town of the comune (its OpenStreetMap place point; the geographic center for the few comuni with none), at free-flow speeds with no traffic. It is approximate. For Borgo San Martino, a trip from your own address can take longer or shorter. Drive the route before you rely on it, and ask the local health authority which hospital serves the town. Shops, pharmacies and stations are the nearest to the main town, not to your address.
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