All things you need to know about living in Romagnese
Romagnese, in the province of Pavia, is home to 1 South Koreans: 0.18% of its 543 residents.
ISTAT counts 53 residents with a foreign citizenship in Romagnese, 9.76% of the population. Among the nationalities we follow most closely, the two groups are South Koreans (1) and Russians (1).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Pavia scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for medical specialists.
It scores in the bottom quarter for burglaries reported 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 26.2°C (79°F) and winters a low of -1.0°C (30°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Romagnese sees about 6 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,124mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 123 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Romagnese at about €750 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 28.4 years of renting the same property.
That is below most Italian comuni.
Romagnese population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 13 | 2.39% |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1.47% |
| South Korea | 1 | 0.18% |
| Lithuania | 1 | 0.18% |
| Poland | 1 | 0.18% |
| Russia | 1 | 0.18% |
| Albania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Argentina | 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% |
| Germany | 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% |
| 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% |
| 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 | 482 | 88.77% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 11 | 2.03% |
| Born outside the EU | 50 | 9.21% |
South Koreans over time
Quality of life in Pavia
Full BES profile for Pavia →Pavia on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Romagnese is well below the Pavia average of €1,069/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
28.4 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.
Housing here in excellent condition costs 17% more than ordinary condition — €880/m² against €750.
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.
A detached house here averages €820/m², against €750 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.
Seismic zone
Romagnese 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: Ospedale di Montagna di Bobbio, about 20.6 km / 17 minutes by road from Romagnese (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale SS.Annunziata - Varzi (Pronto Soccorso), about 23.9 km / 22 minutes by road from Romagnese (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Ospedale Civile - Voghera (DEA level I), about 45.3 km / 44 minutes by road from Romagnese (the main town).
Nearest airport: Milano Linate Airport (LIN), about 100.2 km / 79 minutes by road from Romagnese (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Crai, about 20.6 km / 17 minutes by road from Romagnese (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Ghigini Maria G., about 1 km / 1 minute by road from Romagnese (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Broni, about 35.8 km / 36 minutes by road from Romagnese (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 Romagnese, 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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