All things you need to know about living in Tronzano Lago Maggiore
Tronzano Lago Maggiore, in the province of Varese, is home to 10 Swiss nationals: 4.48% of its 223 residents.
ISTAT counts 21 residents with a foreign citizenship in Tronzano Lago Maggiore, 9.42% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Swiss nationals (10), Germans (7), Britons (1).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
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 Varese scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for road mortality in non-urban roads and intentional homicide rate.
It scores in the bottom quarter for electricity from renewable sources and burglaries reported.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 23.7°C (75°F) and winters a low of -2.9°C (27°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Tronzano Lago Maggiore sees about 0 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,705mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 157 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Tronzano Lago Maggiore at about €1,167 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 23.3 years of renting the same property.
Tronzano Lago Maggiore population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 10 | 4.48% |
| Germany | 7 | 3.14% |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 0.45% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.45% |
| Russia | 1 | 0.45% |
| Albania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 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% |
| 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% |
| Romania | 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 | 172 | 77.13% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 18 | 8.07% |
| Born outside the EU | 33 | 14.80% |
Swiss nationals over time
Quality of life in Varese
Full BES profile for Varese →Varese on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Tronzano Lago Maggiore is below the Varese average of €1,300/m². Averaged across 3 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
23.3 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 €1,508/m², against €1,167 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 29% 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
Tronzano Lago Maggiore is in seismic zone 4. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 4 as the lowest-hazard zone, where a strong earthquake is very unlikely.
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 Luini Confalonieri - Luino, about 15.1 km / 14 minutes by road from Tronzano Lago Maggiore (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale Luini Confalonieri - Luino (Pronto Soccorso), about 15.1 km / 14 minutes by road from Tronzano Lago Maggiore (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese (DEA level II), about 42.9 km / 45 minutes by road from Tronzano Lago Maggiore (the main town).
Nearest airport: Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP), about 67.7 km / 65 minutes by road from Tronzano Lago Maggiore (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Unes, about 8.9 km / 8 minutes by road from Tronzano Lago Maggiore (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Pensa di Dott. Paola Carcano, about 14.1 km / 13 minutes by road from Tronzano Lago Maggiore (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Pino-Tronzano, about 1.4 km / 2 minutes by road from Tronzano Lago Maggiore (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 Tronzano Lago Maggiore, 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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