All things you need to know about living in Castel Vittorio
Castel Vittorio, in the province of Imperia, is home to 6 Dutch nationals: 2.56% of its 234 residents.
ISTAT counts 40 residents with a foreign citizenship in Castel Vittorio, 17.09% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Dutch nationals (6), French nationals (5), Germans (4).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Imperia scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for hospital beds in high-care wards.
It scores in the bottom quarter for urban green and overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 25.1°C (77°F) and winters a low of 2.7°C (37°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Castel Vittorio sees about 1 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,000mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 136 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Castel Vittorio at about €750 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 21.9 years of renting the same property.
That is below most Italian comuni.
Castel Vittorio population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 6 | 2.56% |
| Albania | 5 | 2.14% |
| France | 5 | 2.14% |
| Germany | 4 | 1.71% |
| Romania | 4 | 1.71% |
| Poland | 3 | 1.28% |
| Ukraine | 2 | 0.85% |
| Denmark | 1 | 0.43% |
| Portugal | 1 | 0.43% |
| United States | 1 | 0.43% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 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% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 182 | 77.78% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 31 | 13.25% |
| Born outside the EU | 21 | 8.97% |
Dutch nationals over time
Quality of life in Imperia
Full BES profile for Imperia →Imperia on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Castel Vittorio is far below the Imperia average of €2,217/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
21.9 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 €800/m², against €750 for an apartment.
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.
Seismic zone
Castel Vittorio 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: Stabilimento Ospedaliero di Bordighera, about 24.2 km / 28 minutes by road from Castel Vittorio (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale Saint Charles Gvm Care Researh, Bordighera (Pronto Soccorso), about 24.2 km / 28 minutes by road from Castel Vittorio (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Stabilimento Ospedaliero di Sanremo (DEA level I), about 36.1 km / 42 minutes by road from Castel Vittorio (the main town).
Nearest airport: Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA), about 173.8 km / 117 minutes by road from Castel Vittorio (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Lidl, about 20.8 km / 24 minutes by road from Castel Vittorio (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Di Pigna S.a.s. Di Valzoano Maria Luisa E C., about 8.9 km / 12 minutes by road from Castel Vittorio (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Vallecrosia, about 22.9 km / 27 minutes by road from Castel Vittorio (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 Castel Vittorio, 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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