30 of 5,382 that qualify

The best places to live in Italy

Ranked on whether you can actually live there: what the village has, how easily you get out of it, and whether its population is holding.

How this list is ordered

Sorted on liveability

Comuni under 5,000 residents, measured on services, access and population trend — all three, no estimates.

A note on the data

The number is printed beside every village so the order can be checked rather than taken on trust. Coverage is shown too: a figure from a village measured on eight axes is worth more than the same figure from one measured on four, and neither is ever filled in with a zero where the data is missing.

The villages

30 ranked

The top 30 of 5,382 villages that clear the threshold.

  1. 1Castel Guelfo di BolognaBO · Emilia-Romagna · 4,496 residents97 /10078% measured
  2. 2AvegnoGE · Liguria · 2,579 residents96 /10078% measured
  3. 3Santa Maria la LongaUD · Friuli-Venezia Giulia · 2,322 residents95 /10078% measured
  4. 4PosadaNU · Sardegna · 3,019 residents95 /10067% measured
  5. 5CortemaggiorePC · Emilia-Romagna · 4,628 residents95 /10078% measured
  6. 6AltidonaFM · Marche · 3,538 residents94 /10067% measured
  7. 7MordanoBO · Emilia-Romagna · 4,593 residents93 /10078% measured
  8. 8AndezenoTO · Piemonte · 2,012 residents93 /10078% measured
  9. 9Torrevecchia TeatinaCH · Abruzzo · 4,212 residents93 /10078% measured
  10. 10Orciano PisanoPI · Toscana · 632 residents92 /10078% measured
  11. 11SolaroloRA · Emilia-Romagna · 4,373 residents92 /10078% measured
  12. 12PianopoliCZ · Calabria · 2,484 residents92 /10078% measured
  13. 13Ripa TeatinaCH · Abruzzo · 3,923 residents92 /10078% measured
  14. 14BeinetteCN · Piemonte · 3,483 residents92 /10078% measured
  15. 15SiroloAN · Marche · 4,097 residents92 /10078% measured
  16. 16MiglianicoCH · Abruzzo · 4,633 residents92 /10078% measured
  17. 17MaidaCZ · Calabria · 4,396 residents92 /10078% measured
  18. 18PradamanoUD · Friuli-Venezia Giulia · 3,505 residents92 /10078% measured
  19. 19OffagnaAN · Marche · 2,047 residents91 /10078% measured
  20. 20FoglizzoTO · Piemonte · 2,258 residents91 /10078% measured
  21. 21RondissoneTO · Piemonte · 1,919 residents91 /10078% measured
  22. 22San Giorgio CanaveseTO · Piemonte · 2,513 residents90 /10078% measured
  23. 23OlmedoSS · Sardegna · 4,168 residents90 /10067% measured
  24. 24Cappelle sul TavoPE · Abruzzo · 3,987 residents90 /10078% measured
  25. 25Reana del RojaleUD · Friuli-Venezia Giulia · 4,657 residents90 /10078% measured
  26. 26SoriGE · Liguria · 3,992 residents90 /10078% measured
  27. 27Pecetto TorineseTO · Piemonte · 4,029 residents90 /10078% measured
  28. 28NumanaAN · Marche · 3,741 residents89 /10078% measured
  29. 29Farra d'IsonzoGO · Friuli-Venezia Giulia · 1,678 residents89 /10078% measured
  30. 30OraBZ · Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol · 3,866 residents89 /10078% measured

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