All things you need to know about living in Palazzuolo sul Senio
Palazzuolo sul Senio, in the province of Firenze, is home to 3 Venezuelans: 0.27% of its 1,093 residents.
That is the 80th-highest concentration of Venezuelans among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Toscana it ranks 2nd.
ISTAT counts 75 residents with a foreign citizenship in Palazzuolo sul Senio, 6.86% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Venezuelans (3), Germans (1), French nationals (1).
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Firenze scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for employment rate (20-64 years old) and life expectancy at birth.
It scores in the bottom quarter for electricity from renewable sources and burglaries reported.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 28.1°C (83°F) and winters a low of 0.7°C (33°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Palazzuolo sul Senio sees about 18 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 980mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 126 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Palazzuolo sul Senio at about €650 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 24.3 years of renting the same property.
Palazzuolo sul Senio population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 12 | 1.10% |
| Ukraine | 12 | 1.10% |
| Venezuela | 3 | 0.27% |
| Albania | 1 | 0.09% |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 0.09% |
| Germany | 1 | 0.09% |
| France | 1 | 0.09% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 0.09% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 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% |
| 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% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 991 | 90.67% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 26 | 2.38% |
| Born outside the EU | 76 | 6.95% |
Venezuelans over time
Quality of life in Firenze
Full BES profile for Firenze →Firenze on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Palazzuolo sul Senio is far below the Firenze average of €2,236/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
24.3 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 €975/m², against €650 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 44% 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
Palazzuolo sul Senio 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: Casa di Cura Privata Villa Azzurra, about 28.9 km / 30 minutes by road from Palazzuolo sul Senio (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale di Borgo San Lorenzo (Pronto Soccorso), about 34.8 km / 33 minutes by road from Palazzuolo sul Senio (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Ospedale Degli Infermi Faenza (DEA level I), about 46.6 km / 43 minutes by road from Palazzuolo sul Senio (the main town).
Nearest airport: Forlì-Luigi Ridolfi International Airport (FRL), about 67.5 km / 62 minutes by road from Palazzuolo sul Senio (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Sigma, about 12.1 km / 12 minutes by road from Palazzuolo sul Senio (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Santo Stefano S.N.C. dei Dottori Nicola Ingrosso e Miryam Strazza, about 0.1 km / 1 minute by road from Palazzuolo sul Senio (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Marradi-Palazzuolo sul Senio, about 11.9 km / 12 minutes by road from Palazzuolo sul Senio (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 Palazzuolo sul Senio, 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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