All things you need to know about living in Colli Verdi
Colli Verdi, in the province of Pavia, is home to 1 Belgians: 0.10% of its 997 residents.
ISTAT counts 69 residents with a foreign citizenship in Colli Verdi, 6.92% of the population. Among the nationalities we follow most closely, the two groups are Belgians (1) and Russians (1).
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Pavia scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for medical specialists.
It scores in the bottom quarter for burglaries reported and intentional homicide rate.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 27.8°C (82°F) and winters a low of -1.1°C (30°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Colli Verdi sees about 15 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 988mm 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 Colli Verdi at about €785 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 32.7 years of renting the same property.
That is below most Italian comuni.
Between 2019 and 2025, the number of Belgians in Colli Verdi held roughly steady from 1 to 1.
Colli Verdi population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 45 | 4.51% |
| Ukraine | 15 | 1.50% |
| Albania | 3 | 0.30% |
| Belgium | 1 | 0.10% |
| Poland | 1 | 0.10% |
| Russia | 1 | 0.10% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 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% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 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% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 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 | 916 | 91.88% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 49 | 4.91% |
| Born outside the EU | 32 | 3.21% |
Belgians over time
Quality of life in Pavia
Full BES profile for Pavia →Pavia on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Colli Verdi is well below the Pavia average of €1,069/m². Averaged across 4 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
32.7 years of rent here equal the purchase price — well 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.
A detached house here averages €820/m², against €785 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
Colli Verdi 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 SS.Annunziata - Varzi, about 22.6 km / 23 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale SS.Annunziata - Varzi (Pronto Soccorso), about 22.6 km / 23 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Ospedale Civile - Voghera (DEA level I), about 30 km / 30 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest airport: Milano Linate Airport (LIN), about 95.4 km / 76 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Sigma, about 15.8 km / 16 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Marzani SRL, about 8.8 km / 9 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Casteggio, about 21 km / 25 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
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 Colli Verdi, 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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