All things you need to know about living in Castagnole delle Lanze
Castagnole delle Lanze, in the province of Asti, is home to 88 Bulgarians: 2.42% of its 3,642 residents.
That is the 13th-highest concentration of Bulgarians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Piemonte it ranks 3rd.
ISTAT counts 359 residents with a foreign citizenship in Castagnole delle Lanze, 9.86% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Britons (3), 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 Asti scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for employment rate (20-64 years old) and nonprofit organizations.
It scores in the bottom quarter for road mortality in non-urban roads and medical specialists.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 30.3°C (87°F) and winters a low of 0.1°C (32°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Castagnole delle Lanze sees about 41 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 943mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 116 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Castagnole delle Lanze at about €584 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Castagnole delle Lanze population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 88 | 2.42% |
| Albania | 35 | 0.96% |
| Romania | 30 | 0.82% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 0.08% |
| Russia | 3 | 0.08% |
| Brazil | 2 | 0.05% |
| France | 2 | 0.05% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 0.05% |
| Ukraine | 2 | 0.05% |
| Canada | 1 | 0.03% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0.03% |
| Germany | 1 | 0.03% |
| Mexico | 1 | 0.03% |
| Poland | 1 | 0.03% |
| Slovakia | 1 | 0.03% |
| United States | 1 | 0.03% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 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% |
| 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% |
| 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 | 3,068 | 84.24% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 80 | 2.20% |
| Born outside the EU | 494 | 13.56% |
Bulgarians over time
Quality of life in Asti
Full BES profile for Asti →Asti on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Castagnole delle Lanze is below the Asti average of €644/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
17.7 years of rent here equal the purchase price — below 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 €700/m², against €584 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 20% 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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