All things you need to know about living in Pontestura
Pontestura, in the province of Alessandria, is home to 4 Latvians: 0.30% of its 1,327 residents.
That is the 1st-highest concentration of Latvians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Piemonte it ranks 1st.
ISTAT counts 93 residents with a foreign citizenship in Pontestura, 7.01% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Britons (2), Greeks (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 29.4°C (85°F) and winters a low of -1.2°C (30°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Pontestura sees about 33 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,087mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 124 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Pontestura at about €525 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 27.3 years of renting the same property.
Pontestura population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 14 | 1.06% |
| Albania | 11 | 0.83% |
| Croatia | 5 | 0.38% |
| Ukraine | 5 | 0.38% |
| Latvia | 4 | 0.30% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 0.15% |
| Greece | 2 | 0.15% |
| United States | 2 | 0.15% |
| Brazil | 1 | 0.08% |
| France | 1 | 0.08% |
| Poland | 1 | 0.08% |
| Portugal | 1 | 0.08% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 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% |
| 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% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 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 | 1,186 | 89.37% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 26 | 1.96% |
| Born outside the EU | 115 | 8.67% |
Latvians 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 Pontestura is below the Alessandria average of €639/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
27.3 years of rent here equal the purchase price — above 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 €710/m², against €525 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.
Nearby comuni
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