All things you need to know about living in Pietra Marazzi
Pietra Marazzi, in the province of Alessandria, is home to 5 Russians: 0.58% of its 863 residents.
ISTAT counts 40 residents with a foreign citizenship in Pietra Marazzi, 4.63% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Russians (5), Britons (2), Americans (2).
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Alessandria scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for road mortality in non-urban roads.
It scores in the bottom quarter for burglaries reported and life expectancy at birth.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 30.4°C (87°F) and winters a low of -0.3°C (31°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Pietra Marazzi sees about 45 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 779mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 95 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Pietra Marazzi at about €778 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 21 years of renting the same property.
That is below most Italian comuni.
Between 2019 and 2025, the number of Russians in Pietra Marazzi rose from 0 to 5.
Pietra Marazzi population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 13 | 1.51% |
| Russia | 5 | 0.58% |
| Albania | 3 | 0.35% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 0.23% |
| Ukraine | 2 | 0.23% |
| United States | 2 | 0.23% |
| Belgium | 1 | 0.12% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 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% |
| France | 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% |
| 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 | 791 | 91.66% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 26 | 3.01% |
| Born outside the EU | 46 | 5.33% |
Russians over time
Quality of life in Alessandria
Full BES profile for Alessandria →Alessandria on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Pietra Marazzi is above the Alessandria average of €639/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
21 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 €1,175/m², against €778 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
Pietra Marazzi 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.
See every comune on the map →Hospital, airport and daily-needs distance
Nearest hospital: Osp.Civile SS.Antonio e Biagio, about 8.3 km / 11 minutes by road from Pietra Marazzi (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Osp.Civile SS.Antonio e Biagio, Alessandria (DEA level II), about 8.3 km / 11 minutes by road from Pietra Marazzi (the main town).
Nearest airport: Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA), about 90.7 km / 58 minutes by road from Pietra Marazzi (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): PENNY, about 7.6 km / 10 minutes by road from Pietra Marazzi (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia San Martino Dott.ssa Ida Floris, about 0.5 km / 1 minute by road from Pietra Marazzi (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Valmadonna, about 7.9 km / 10 minutes by road from Pietra Marazzi (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 Pietra Marazzi, 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.
Nearby comuni
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