All things you need to know about living in Foza
Foza, in the province of Vicenza, is home to 1 French nationals: 0.15% of its 667 residents.
ISTAT counts 10 residents with a foreign citizenship in Foza, 1.50% of the population. Among the nationalities we follow most closely, the only group is French nationals (1).
That puts Foza in the bottom ten percent of Italian comuni for foreign residents. Anyone moving here should expect to be unusual.
These are small numbers, so we would not read much into the percentage or any change in it.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Vicenza scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for intentional homicide rate and life expectancy at birth.
It scores in the bottom quarter for medical specialists and PM10 Annual average concentration.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 21.7°C (71°F) and winters a low of -5.0°C (23°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Foza sees about 0 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,838mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 185 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Foza at about €740 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
That is below most Italian comuni.
Foza population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 4 | 0.60% |
| France | 1 | 0.15% |
| Poland | 1 | 0.15% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 0.15% |
| Albania | 0 | 0.00% |
| 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% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 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% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 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 | 640 | 95.95% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 16 | 2.40% |
| Born outside the EU | 11 | 1.65% |
French nationals over time
Quality of life in Vicenza
Full BES profile for Vicenza →Vicenza on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Foza is well below the Vicenza average of €992/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town. OMI records no rental figures here.
Housing here in excellent condition costs 71% more than ordinary condition — €1,264/m² against €740.
That gap is what the market charges for a place you don’t have to work on. It is not what the work would cost you — OMI prices property, not builders.
Seismic zone
Foza 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: Ospedale di Asiago, about 16.2 km / 17 minutes by road from Foza (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale di Asiago (Pronto Soccorso), about 16.2 km / 17 minutes by road from Foza (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Ospedale di Bassano, Bassano del Grappa (DEA level I), about 35.9 km / 33 minutes by road from Foza (the main town).
Nearest airport: Treviso Airport (TSF), about 79.1 km / 66 minutes by road from Foza (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): A&O, about 9.8 km / 10 minutes by road from Foza (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Scaffidi Militone Gilda, about 1.3 km / 2 minutes by road from Foza (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Carpanè - Valstagna, about 15.7 km / 15 minutes by road from Foza (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 Foza, 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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