All things you need to know about living in Posina
Posina, in the province of Vicenza, is home to 5 Brazilians: 0.87% of its 572 residents.
ISTAT counts 66 residents with a foreign citizenship in Posina, 11.54% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Brazilians (5), Belgians (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 Vicenza scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for intentional homicide rate and life expectancy at birth.
It scores in the bottom quarter for medical specialists and 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 23.1°C (74°F) and winters a low of -3.1°C (26°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Posina sees about 0 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,529mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 162 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Posina at about €775 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
That is below most Italian comuni.
Between 2019 and 2025, the number of Brazilians in Posina rose from 0 to 5.
Posina population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 27 | 4.72% |
| Brazil | 5 | 0.87% |
| Belgium | 2 | 0.35% |
| France | 2 | 0.35% |
| Poland | 2 | 0.35% |
| Hungary | 1 | 0.17% |
| Portugal | 1 | 0.17% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 0.17% |
| Albania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 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% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 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% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 479 | 83.74% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 37 | 6.47% |
| Born outside the EU | 56 | 9.79% |
Brazilians over time
Quality of life in Vicenza
Full BES profile for Vicenza →Vicenza on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Posina is well below the Vicenza average of €992/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market. OMI records no rental figures here.
Housing here in excellent condition costs 48% more than ordinary condition — €1,150/m² against €775.
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.
Seismic zone
Posina is in seismic zone 2. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 2 as a zone where strong earthquakes are possible.
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: Ospedale di Santorso, about 27.2 km / 26 minutes by road from Posina (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale di Santorso (DEA level I), about 27.2 km / 26 minutes by road from Posina (the main town).
Nearest airport: Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE), about 124.8 km / 77 minutes by road from Posina (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): A&O, about 11.4 km / 12 minutes by road from Posina (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Ramponi Roberto, about 2.2 km / 3 minutes by road from Posina (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Thiene, about 28.9 km / 27 minutes by road from Posina (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 Posina, 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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