All things you need to know about living in Zeri
Zeri, in the province of Massa-Carrara, is home to 4 French nationals: 0.45% of its 892 residents.
ISTAT counts 38 residents with a foreign citizenship in Zeri, 4.26% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are French nationals (4), Britons (4), Belgians (2).
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Massa-Carrara scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for road mortality in non-urban roads and people with at least upper secondary education level (25-64 years old).
It scores in the bottom quarter for hospital beds in high-care wards.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 25.9°C (79°F) and winters a low of 1.9°C (35°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Zeri sees about 4 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,440mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 145 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Zeri at about €743 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
That is below most Italian comuni.
Between 2019 and 2025, the number of French nationals in Zeri fell from 7 to 4.
ISTAT's census data puts 6.4% of Zeri's population as born outside Italy: 3.7% outside the EU and 2.7% elsewhere in the EU. ISTAT does not publish this by specific country at comune level, so it does not line up with the citizenship figures above.
Zeri population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 6 | 0.67% |
| France | 4 | 0.45% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 0.45% |
| Albania | 2 | 0.22% |
| Belgium | 2 | 0.22% |
| Germany | 2 | 0.22% |
| Finland | 2 | 0.22% |
| Poland | 2 | 0.22% |
| Ireland | 1 | 0.11% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 0.11% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 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% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 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 | 835 | 93.61% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 24 | 2.69% |
| Born outside the EU | 33 | 3.70% |
French nationals over time
Quality of life in Massa-Carrara
Full BES profile for Massa-Carrara →Massa-Carrara on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Zeri is far below the Massa-Carrara average of €1,514/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town. OMI records no rental figures here.
A detached house here averages €900/m², against €743 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 21% 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
Zeri is in seismic zone 2. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 2 as a zone where strong earthquakes are possible.
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: Osp. Civ. S.Antonio Pontremoli (ms), about 18.2 km / 23 minutes by road from Zeri (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Osp. Civ. S.Antonio Pontremoli (ms) (Pronto Soccorso), about 18.2 km / 23 minutes by road from Zeri (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Ospedale Sant`andrea La Spezia (DEA level I), about 55.4 km / 47 minutes by road from Zeri (the main town).
Nearest airport: Parma Airport (PMF), about 99.5 km / 74 minutes by road from Zeri (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Conad, about 16.7 km / 21 minutes by road from Zeri (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Natale Paolo, about 2.9 km / 4 minutes by road from Zeri (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Pontremoli, about 17.7 km / 22 minutes by road from Zeri (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 Zeri, 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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