All things you need to know about living in Ornavasso
Ornavasso, in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, is home to 3 French nationals: 0.09% of its 3,310 residents.
That is the 788th-highest concentration of French nationals among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Piemonte it ranks 150th.
ISTAT counts 144 residents with a foreign citizenship in Ornavasso, 4.35% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are French nationals (3), Argentinians (2), Spaniards (2).
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for PM10 Annual average concentration and electricity from renewable sources.
It scores in the bottom quarter for overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage and people with at least upper secondary education level (25-64 years old).
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 21.8°C (71°F) and winters a low of -5.3°C (22°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Ornavasso sees about 0 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 2,609mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 198 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Ornavasso at about €1,075 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 24.5 years of renting the same property.
Ornavasso population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 26 | 0.79% |
| Romania | 16 | 0.48% |
| Albania | 5 | 0.15% |
| France | 3 | 0.09% |
| Argentina | 2 | 0.06% |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 0.06% |
| Spain | 2 | 0.06% |
| Slovakia | 2 | 0.06% |
| Brazil | 1 | 0.03% |
| Czechia | 1 | 0.03% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.03% |
| Lithuania | 1 | 0.03% |
| Poland | 1 | 0.03% |
| Portugal | 1 | 0.03% |
| Sweden | 1 | 0.03% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 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% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 3,074 | 92.87% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 31 | 0.94% |
| Born outside the EU | 205 | 6.19% |
French nationals over time
Quality of life in Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
Full BES profile for Verbano-Cusio-Ossola →Verbano-Cusio-Ossola on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Ornavasso is well below the Verbano-Cusio-Ossola average of €1,396/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
24.5 years of rent here equal the purchase price, close to 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 €1,263/m², against €1,075 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 17% 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
Ornavasso 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.
See every comune on the map →Hospital, airport and daily-needs distance
Nearest hospital: Centro Ortopedico di Quadrante - Coq SPA, about 12.6 km / 14 minutes by road from Ornavasso / Urnafasch (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Stabilimento Ospedaliero Castelli, Verbania (DEA level I), about 15.8 km / 16 minutes by road from Ornavasso / Urnafasch (the main town).
Nearest airport: Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP), about 63.5 km / 44 minutes by road from Ornavasso / Urnafasch (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Sigma, about 0.2 km / 1 minute by road from Ornavasso / Urnafasch (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Ciana, about 0.3 km / 1 minute by road from Ornavasso / Urnafasch (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Ornavasso, about 0.7 km / 1 minute by road from Ornavasso / Urnafasch (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 Ornavasso, 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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