All things you need to know about living in Perinaldo
Perinaldo, in the province of Imperia, is home to 27 French nationals: 3.42% of its 789 residents.
ISTAT counts 152 residents with a foreign citizenship in Perinaldo, 19.26% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are French nationals (27), Germans (23), Russians (7).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Imperia scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for hospital beds in high-care wards.
It scores in the bottom quarter for urban green and overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 25.1°C (77°F) and winters a low of 2.7°C (37°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Perinaldo sees about 1 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,000mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 136 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Perinaldo at about €1,300 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 20.2 years of renting the same property.
That is above most Italian comuni.
Perinaldo population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| France | 27 | 3.42% |
| Romania | 27 | 3.42% |
| Germany | 23 | 2.92% |
| Russia | 7 | 0.89% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 0.76% |
| Belgium | 4 | 0.51% |
| Switzerland | 4 | 0.51% |
| Ukraine | 4 | 0.51% |
| Norway | 2 | 0.25% |
| Poland | 2 | 0.25% |
| Sweden | 2 | 0.25% |
| Albania | 1 | 0.13% |
| Austria | 1 | 0.13% |
| Greece | 1 | 0.13% |
| Hungary | 1 | 0.13% |
| Lithuania | 1 | 0.13% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0.13% |
| United States | 1 | 0.13% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 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% |
| Croatia | 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% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 605 | 76.68% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 100 | 12.67% |
| Born outside the EU | 84 | 10.65% |
French nationals over time
Quality of life in Imperia
Full BES profile for Imperia →Imperia on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Perinaldo is well below the Imperia average of €2,217/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.
A detached house here averages €1,375/m², against €1,300 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
Perinaldo 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: Stabilimento Ospedaliero di Bordighera, about 15.3 km / 20 minutes by road from Perinaldo (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale Saint Charles Gvm Care Researh, Bordighera (Pronto Soccorso), about 15.3 km / 20 minutes by road from Perinaldo (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Stabilimento Ospedaliero di Sanremo (DEA level I), about 22.9 km / 28 minutes by road from Perinaldo (the main town).
Nearest airport: Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA), about 161.8 km / 105 minutes by road from Perinaldo (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Tabaccheria - Edicola - Negozio, about 0.8 km / 1 minute by road from Perinaldo (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Perinaldo, about 3.2 km / 5 minutes by road from Perinaldo (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Vallecrosia, about 14.9 km / 20 minutes by road from Perinaldo (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 Perinaldo, 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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