All things you need to know about living in Brenta
Brenta, in the province of Varese, is home to 2 Latvians: 0.12% of its 1,708 residents.
That is the 23rd-highest concentration of Latvians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Lombardia it ranks 8th.
ISTAT counts 116 residents with a foreign citizenship in Brenta, 6.79% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are French nationals (3), Russians (2), Argentinians (1).
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Varese scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for road mortality in non-urban roads and intentional homicide rate.
It scores in the bottom quarter for electricity from renewable sources and burglaries reported.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 27.2°C (81°F) and winters a low of 0.2°C (32°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Brenta sees about 12 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,716mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 135 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Brenta at about €1,213 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 22.3 years of renting the same property.
Brenta population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 16 | 0.94% |
| Albania | 4 | 0.23% |
| France | 3 | 0.18% |
| Latvia | 2 | 0.12% |
| Russia | 2 | 0.12% |
| Ukraine | 2 | 0.12% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.06% |
| Belgium | 1 | 0.06% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0.06% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.06% |
| Mexico | 1 | 0.06% |
| Poland | 1 | 0.06% |
| United States | 1 | 0.06% |
| Venezuela | 1 | 0.06% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 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% |
| 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% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,541 | 90.22% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 34 | 1.99% |
| Born outside the EU | 133 | 7.79% |
Latvians over time
Quality of life in Varese
Full BES profile for Varese →Varese on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
About the Varese average of €1,300/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
22.3 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 €1,438/m², against €1,213 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 19% 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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