All things you need to know about living in Canossa
Canossa, in the province of Reggio nell'Emilia, is home to 3 Argentinians: 0.08% of its 3,770 residents.
That is the 615th-highest concentration of Argentinians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Emilia-Romagna it ranks 16th.
ISTAT counts 349 residents with a foreign citizenship in Canossa, 9.26% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Argentinians (3), Brazilians (3), Russians (3).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Reggio nell'Emilia scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for average disposable income per capita and urban green.
It scores in the bottom quarter for hospital beds in high-care wards and electricity from renewable sources.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 29.1°C (84°F) and winters a low of 0.0°C (32°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Canossa sees about 27 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,150mm 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 Canossa at about €838 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Canossa population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 41 | 1.09% |
| Ukraine | 36 | 0.95% |
| Albania | 28 | 0.74% |
| Poland | 7 | 0.19% |
| Argentina | 3 | 0.08% |
| Brazil | 3 | 0.08% |
| Croatia | 3 | 0.08% |
| Russia | 3 | 0.08% |
| Belgium | 2 | 0.05% |
| Czechia | 2 | 0.05% |
| Germany | 2 | 0.05% |
| Spain | 2 | 0.05% |
| France | 2 | 0.05% |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 0.03% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.03% |
| Slovakia | 1 | 0.03% |
| United States | 1 | 0.03% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 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% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 3,277 | 86.92% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 90 | 2.39% |
| Born outside the EU | 403 | 10.69% |
Argentinians over time
Quality of life in Reggio nell'Emilia
Full BES profile for Reggio nell'Emilia →Reggio nell'Emilia on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Canossa is well below the Reggio nell'Emilia average of €1,168/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
22.2 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.
Seismic zone
Canossa is in seismic zone 3. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 3 as a zone where strong earthquakes are less likely than in zones 1 and 2.
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 "e.Franchini" Montecchio, about 19.7 km / 23 minutes by road from Canossa (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale e.Franchini Montecchio, Montecchio Emilia (Pronto Soccorso), about 19.7 km / 23 minutes by road from Canossa (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova di Reggio, Reggio nell'Emilia (DEA level II), about 23.4 km / 30 minutes by road from Canossa (the main town).
Nearest airport: Parma Airport (PMF), about 42.8 km / 43 minutes by road from Canossa (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Conad, about 8.4 km / 11 minutes by road from Canossa (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Comunale Trinita', about 1.6 km / 2 minutes by road from Canossa (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Ciano d’Enza, about 8.5 km / 11 minutes by road from Canossa (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 Canossa, 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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