All things you need to know about living in Golferenzo
Golferenzo, in the province of Pavia, is home to 1 Canadians: 0.58% of its 171 residents.
ISTAT counts 22 residents with a foreign citizenship in Golferenzo, 12.87% of the population. Among the nationalities we follow most closely, the only group is Canadians (1).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
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 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 29.3°C (85°F) and winters a low of -0.3°C (31°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Golferenzo sees about 29 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 947mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 118 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Golferenzo at about €880 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
That is above most Italian comuni.
Golferenzo population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 12 | 7.02% |
| Albania | 5 | 2.92% |
| Romania | 2 | 1.17% |
| Canada | 1 | 0.58% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 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% |
| Poland | 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 | 142 | 83.04% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 6 | 3.51% |
| Born outside the EU | 23 | 13.45% |
Canadians 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 Golferenzo is below the Pavia average of €1,069/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market. OMI records no rental figures here.
A detached house here averages €820/m², against €880 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
Golferenzo 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: Nuovo Ospedale di Broni e Stradella, about 17.8 km / 20 minutes by road from Golferenzo (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Nuovo Ospedale di Broni e Stradella (Pronto Soccorso), about 17.8 km / 20 minutes by road from Golferenzo (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Ospedale Guglielmo da Saliceto Piacenza (DEA level II), about 36.4 km / 39 minutes by road from Golferenzo (the main town).
Nearest airport: Milano Linate Airport (LIN), about 80.1 km / 69 minutes by road from Golferenzo (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Sigma, about 4.7 km / 6 minutes by road from Golferenzo (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Antica Farmacia Bruni Srl, about 6 km / 7 minutes by road from Golferenzo (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Stradella, about 16.5 km / 18 minutes by road from Golferenzo (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 Golferenzo, 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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