All things you need to know about living in Riolunato
Riolunato, in the province of Modena, is home to 3 Germans: 0.46% of its 646 residents.
ISTAT counts 47 residents with a foreign citizenship in Riolunato, 7.28% of the population. Among the nationalities we follow most closely, the two groups are Germans (3) and Argentinians (1).
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Modena scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for average disposable income per capita and urban green.
It scores in the bottom quarter for burglaries reported and nonprofit organizations.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 24.1°C (75°F) and winters a low of -1.4°C (29°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Riolunato sees about 1 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,401mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 156 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Riolunato at about €823 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 23.5 years of renting the same property.
That is below most Italian comuni.
Between 2019 and 2025, the number of Germans in Riolunato held roughly steady from 3 to 3.
Riolunato population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 10 | 1.55% |
| Germany | 3 | 0.46% |
| Poland | 3 | 0.46% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.15% |
| Albania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 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% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| United Kingdom | 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% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 593 | 91.80% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 19 | 2.94% |
| Born outside the EU | 34 | 5.26% |
Germans over time
Quality of life in Modena
Full BES profile for Modena →Modena on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Riolunato is well below the Modena average of €1,393/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
23.5 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 €770/m², against €823 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 6% less 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
Riolunato 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: Villa Pineta S.R.L., about 24.2 km / 22 minutes by road from Riolunato (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale Pavullo Nel Frignano (Pronto Soccorso), about 27.2 km / 26 minutes by road from Riolunato (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Nuovo Ospedale Civile di Sassuolo S.P.a. (DEA level I), about 64.8 km / 62 minutes by road from Riolunato (the main town).
Nearest airport: Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ), about 93.2 km / 81 minutes by road from Riolunato (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): A&O, about 4.7 km / 4 minutes by road from Riolunato (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Amidei, about 0 km / 1 minute by road from Riolunato (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, about 38.1 km / 41 minutes by road from Riolunato (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 Riolunato, 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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