All things you need to know about living in Pancalieri
Pancalieri, in the province of Torino, is home to 1 French nationals: 0.05% of its 1,958 residents.
That is the 1618th-highest concentration of French nationals among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Piemonte it ranks 269th.
ISTAT counts 291 residents with a foreign citizenship in Pancalieri, 14.86% of the population. Among the nationalities we follow most closely, the two groups are French nationals (1) and Britons (1).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Torino scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for average disposable income per capita and density and importance of museums' heritage.
It scores in the bottom quarter for 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 28.2°C (83°F) and winters a low of -0.7°C (31°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Pancalieri sees about 20 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,047mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 130 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Pancalieri at about €810 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Pancalieri population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 92 | 4.70% |
| France | 1 | 0.05% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.05% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,635 | 83.50% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 89 | 4.55% |
| Born outside the EU | 234 | 11.95% |
French nationals over time
Quality of life in Torino
Full BES profile for Torino →Torino on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Pancalieri is well below the Torino average of €1,512/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
18 years of rent here equal the purchase price — below 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 €815/m², against €810 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — the two cost about the same 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
Pancalieri 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: Ospedale San Lorenzo, about 12.1 km / 12 minutes by road from Pancalieri (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale San Lorenzo, Carmagnola (Pronto Soccorso), about 12.1 km / 12 minutes by road from Pancalieri (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Ospedale San Giovanni Battista Molinette, Torino (DEA level II), about 13.7 km / 13 minutes by road from Pancalieri (the main town).
Nearest airport: Cuneo International Airport (CUF), about 38.8 km / 36 minutes by road from Pancalieri (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): OK Market, about 4.4 km / 5 minutes by road from Pancalieri (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Pugnetti di Pugnetti Dott. Luca, about 0.6 km / 1 minute by road from Pancalieri (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Racconigi, about 12.9 km / 13 minutes by road from Pancalieri (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 Pancalieri, 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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