All things you need to know about living in Pratovecchio Stia
Pratovecchio Stia, in the province of Arezzo, is home to 11 Americans: 0.20% of its 5,379 residents.
That is the 109th-highest concentration of Americans among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Toscana it ranks 17th.
ISTAT counts 625 residents with a foreign citizenship in Pratovecchio Stia, 11.62% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Americans (11), Germans (9), Britons (5).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Arezzo scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for employment rate (20-64 years old) and life expectancy at birth.
It scores in the bottom quarter for overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage 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 27.1°C (81°F) and winters a low of -0.2°C (32°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Pratovecchio Stia sees about 12 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,119mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 142 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
Between 2019 and 2025, the number of Americans in Pratovecchio Stia rose from 6 to 11.
Pratovecchio Stia population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 340 | 6.32% |
| Ukraine | 15 | 0.28% |
| United States | 11 | 0.20% |
| Bulgaria | 10 | 0.19% |
| Germany | 9 | 0.17% |
| Albania | 7 | 0.13% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 0.09% |
| Poland | 4 | 0.07% |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0.06% |
| Venezuela | 3 | 0.06% |
| Brazil | 2 | 0.04% |
| France | 2 | 0.04% |
| Greece | 2 | 0.04% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.02% |
| Austria | 1 | 0.02% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0.02% |
| Spain | 1 | 0.02% |
| Portugal | 1 | 0.02% |
| Russia | 1 | 0.02% |
| Sweden | 1 | 0.02% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 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% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 4,621 | 85.91% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 413 | 7.68% |
| Born outside the EU | 345 | 6.41% |
Americans over time
Quality of life in Arezzo
Full BES profile for Arezzo →Arezzo on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Seismic zone
Pratovecchio Stia 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.
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Nearest hospital: Ospedale del Casentino, about 20 km / 20 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale del Casentino, Bibbiena (Pronto Soccorso), about 20 km / 20 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Ospedale Area Aretina Nord, Arezzo (DEA level I), about 50.1 km / 48 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest airport: Florence Airport, Peretola (FLR), about 76.8 km / 65 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): A&O, about 2.6 km / 3 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest pharmacy: lafarmacia.bandini, about 3.2 km / 4 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Pratovecchio Stia, about 3.1 km / 4 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
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 Pratovecchio Stia, 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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