All things you need to know about living in Zeme
Zeme, in the province of Pavia, is home to 4 Brazilians: 0.41% of its 972 residents.
ISTAT counts 101 residents with a foreign citizenship in Zeme, 10.39% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Brazilians (4), Spaniards (2), French nationals (2).
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 30.5°C (87°F) and winters a low of -0.7°C (31°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Zeme sees about 49 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 944mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 115 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Zeme at about €830 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
That is below most Italian comuni.
Between 2019 and 2025, the number of Brazilians in Zeme rose from 0 to 4.
Zeme population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 33 | 3.40% |
| Albania | 9 | 0.93% |
| Ukraine | 6 | 0.62% |
| Brazil | 4 | 0.41% |
| Poland | 4 | 0.41% |
| Spain | 2 | 0.21% |
| France | 2 | 0.21% |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 0.10% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 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% |
| Finland | 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% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 866 | 89.09% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 37 | 3.81% |
| Born outside the EU | 69 | 7.10% |
Brazilians 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 Zeme 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. OMI records no rental figures here.
Housing here in excellent condition costs 19% more than ordinary condition — €990/m² against €830.
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 €810/m², against €830 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
Zeme 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 Asilo Vittoria - Mortara, about 11.4 km / 9 minutes by road from Zeme (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Istituto Clinico Beato Matteo, Vigevano (Pronto Soccorso), about 23.5 km / 20 minutes by road from Zeme (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Ospedale Civile - Vigevano (DEA level I), about 24.7 km / 22 minutes by road from Zeme (the main town).
Nearest airport: Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP), about 75.3 km / 54 minutes by road from Zeme (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Spem Market, about 5.7 km / 5 minutes by road from Zeme (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia di Zeme della dott.ssa Marta Sonzogno, about 0 km / 1 minute by road from Zeme (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Valle Lomellina, about 6.7 km / 6 minutes by road from Zeme (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 Zeme, 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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