All things you need to know about living in Parona
Parona, in the province of Pavia, is home to 6 Russians: 0.33% of its 1,844 residents.
That is the 87th-highest concentration of Russians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Lombardia it ranks 24th.
ISTAT counts 251 residents with a foreign citizenship in Parona, 13.61% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Russians (6), Swiss nationals (2), French nationals (2).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
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 30.2°C (86°F) and winters a low of -0.5°C (31°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Parona sees about 45 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,125mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 121 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Parona at about €850 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Parona population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 59 | 3.20% |
| Albania | 14 | 0.76% |
| Ukraine | 12 | 0.65% |
| Russia | 6 | 0.33% |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 0.16% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 0.11% |
| France | 2 | 0.11% |
| Spain | 1 | 0.05% |
| Croatia | 1 | 0.05% |
| United States | 1 | 0.05% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 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% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,532 | 83.08% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 71 | 3.85% |
| Born outside the EU | 241 | 13.07% |
Russians 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 Parona 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.
20.2 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.
Housing here in excellent condition costs 28% more than ordinary condition — €1,085/m² against €850.
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 €850 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
Parona 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 5.1 km / 6 minutes by road from Parona (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Istituto Clinico Beato Matteo, Vigevano (Pronto Soccorso), about 11.1 km / 11 minutes by road from Parona (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Ospedale Civile - Vigevano (DEA level I), about 12.3 km / 13 minutes by road from Parona (the main town).
Nearest airport: Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP), about 52.2 km / 44 minutes by road from Parona (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Gulliver, about 3.1 km / 4 minutes by road from Parona (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Basiglio Paola Margherita, about 0.3 km / 1 minute by road from Parona (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Parona Lomellina, about 2.3 km / 3 minutes by road from Parona (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 Parona, 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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