All things you need to know about living in Nicorvo
Nicorvo, in the province of Pavia, is home to 2 French nationals: 0.73% of its 275 residents.
ISTAT counts 28 residents with a foreign citizenship in Nicorvo, 10.18% of the population. Among the nationalities we follow most closely, the only group is French nationals (2).
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 30.1°C (86°F) and winters a low of -0.7°C (31°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Nicorvo sees about 43 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,102mm 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 Nicorvo at about €755 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
That is below most Italian comuni.
Nicorvo population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 7 | 2.55% |
| Albania | 5 | 1.82% |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1.45% |
| France | 2 | 0.73% |
| Croatia | 1 | 0.36% |
| 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% |
| 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 | 239 | 86.91% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 8 | 2.91% |
| Born outside the EU | 28 | 10.18% |
French nationals 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 Nicorvo is well 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.
Housing here in excellent condition costs 16% more than ordinary condition — €875/m² against €755.
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.
A detached house here averages €810/m², against €755 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
Nicorvo is in seismic zone 4. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 4 as the lowest-hazard zone, where a strong earthquake is very unlikely.
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 Asilo Vittoria - Mortara, about 11.4 km / 11 minutes by road from Nicorvo (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Osp. Maggiore della Carita', Novara (DEA level II), about 21.8 km / 20 minutes by road from Nicorvo (the main town).
Nearest airport: Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP), about 65 km / 47 minutes by road from Nicorvo (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): famila, about 6.9 km / 9 minutes by road from Nicorvo (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Corsico di Corsico Giulio e C. Sas, about 0 km / 1 minute by road from Nicorvo (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Nicorvo, about 1.2 km / 1 minute by road from Nicorvo (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 Nicorvo, 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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