All things you need to know about living in Comano
Comano, in the province of Massa-Carrara, is home to 11 Britons: 1.74% of its 631 residents.
ISTAT counts 70 residents with a foreign citizenship in Comano, 11.09% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Britons (11), Belgians (2), Americans (2).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Massa-Carrara scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for road mortality in non-urban roads and people with at least upper secondary education level (25-64 years old).
It scores in the bottom quarter for hospital beds in high-care wards.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 25.6°C (78°F) and winters a low of 0.0°C (32°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Comano sees about 4 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,397mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 147 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Comano at about €743 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
That is below most Italian comuni.
Between 2019 and 2025, the number of Britons in Comano rose from 10 to 11.
Comano population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 36 | 5.71% |
| United Kingdom | 11 | 1.74% |
| Belgium | 2 | 0.32% |
| United States | 2 | 0.32% |
| Austria | 1 | 0.16% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0.16% |
| Denmark | 1 | 0.16% |
| France | 1 | 0.16% |
| Ireland | 1 | 0.16% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 0.16% |
| Albania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Argentina | 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% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 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% |
| Poland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 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 | 544 | 86.21% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 44 | 6.97% |
| Born outside the EU | 43 | 6.81% |
Britons over time
Quality of life in Massa-Carrara
Full BES profile for Massa-Carrara →Massa-Carrara on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Comano is far below the Massa-Carrara average of €1,514/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town. OMI records no rental figures here.
A detached house here averages €963/m², against €743 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 29% 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.
Seismic zone
Comano is in seismic zone 2. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 2 as a zone where strong earthquakes are possible.
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: Osp. S. Antonio Abate Fivizzano (ms), about 13.7 km / 17 minutes by road from Comano (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Osp. S. Antonio Abate Fivizzano (ms) (Pronto Soccorso), about 13.7 km / 17 minutes by road from Comano (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Ospedale Sant`andrea La Spezia (DEA level I), about 38.4 km / 34 minutes by road from Comano (the main town).
Nearest airport: Pisa International Airport (PSA), about 102.7 km / 64 minutes by road from Comano (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Conad, about 17.3 km / 16 minutes by road from Comano (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Comano di Torino a. e Babboni F. Snc, about 0.1 km / 1 minute by road from Comano (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Aulla Lunigiana, about 18.3 km / 18 minutes by road from Comano (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 Comano, 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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