All things you need to know about living in Toceno
Toceno, in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, is home to 2 Swiss nationals: 0.27% of its 751 residents.
ISTAT counts 12 residents with a foreign citizenship in Toceno, 1.60% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Swiss nationals (2), Brazilians (1), Russians (1).
That puts Toceno in the bottom ten percent of Italian comuni for foreign residents. Anyone moving here should expect to be unusual.
These are small numbers, so we would not read much into the percentage or any change in it.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for PM10 Annual average concentration and electricity from renewable sources.
It scores in the bottom quarter for overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage and people with at least upper secondary education level (25-64 years old).
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 19.9°C (68°F) and winters a low of -8.4°C (17°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Toceno sees about 0 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,797mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 179 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Toceno at about €1,525 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 25.9 years of renting the same property.
Toceno population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2 | 0.27% |
| Romania | 2 | 0.27% |
| Brazil | 1 | 0.13% |
| Russia | 1 | 0.13% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 0.13% |
| Albania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 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% |
| 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% |
| Poland | 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 | 716 | 95.34% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 7 | 0.93% |
| Born outside the EU | 28 | 3.73% |
Swiss nationals over time
Quality of life in Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
Full BES profile for Verbano-Cusio-Ossola →Verbano-Cusio-Ossola on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Toceno is above the Verbano-Cusio-Ossola average of €1,396/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
25.9 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 €1,775/m², against €1,525 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 16% more 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
Toceno 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.
See every comune on the map →Hospital, airport and daily-needs distance
Nearest hospital: Ospedale San Biagio, about 18.7 km / 21 minutes by road from Toceno (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale San Biagio, Domodossola (DEA level I), about 18.7 km / 21 minutes by road from Toceno (the main town).
Nearest airport: Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP), about 107.2 km / 79 minutes by road from Toceno (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): A&O, about 0.9 km / 2 minutes by road from Toceno (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Val Vigezzo di Dorsa Giuseppe & Balza Daria Snc, about 2.2 km / 3 minutes by road from Toceno (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Santa Maria Maggiore, about 1.6 km / 2 minutes by road from Toceno (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 Toceno, 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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