Can you buy a house in Emilia-Romagna for 1 euro?

We have no verified one-euro scheme in Emilia-Romagna on file. That means we have not confirmed one, not that none exists — schemes open and close through each comune's own notice. The cheapest houses here usually come from court auctions and private owners in the smaller inland towns.

Is Emilia-Romagna losing population?

48% of Emilia-Romagna's comuni with comparable figures had fewer residents in 2025 than in 2019, and the region's comuni as a whole changed by 0%. The steepest declines are almost always in the smallest towns.

Does Emilia-Romagna qualify for Italy's 7% tax on foreign pensions?

No. The 7% flat tax on foreign pensions applies only to comuni of up to 20,000 people in Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Puglia, Sardinia and Sicily. Emilia-Romagna is not one of them.

Where are the cheapest houses in Emilia-Romagna?

In the small inland comuni that are losing people fastest — the list on this page is a good place to start. Genuinely cheap houses come from three places: one-euro schemes, Italian court auctions, and owners selling privately, often with no agent at all.

Emilia-Romagna · 330 comuni

Moving to Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna is the plain of the Po from Piacenza to the Adriatic, with the Apennine villages above it. Of its 330 comuni, 48% had fewer residents in 2025 than in 2019.

This page is for anyone looking at houses for sale in Emilia-Romagna or thinking of moving there: which towns need people most, the one-euro schemes, and every comune in the region with its own page.

Updated September 2026 · figures from ISTAT

330
comuni: 48%
of them shrinking since 2019: 0%
population change, 2019–2025: 49
typical median age

1 euro houses in Emilia-Romagna

We have no verified one-euro scheme in Emilia-Romagna on file yet. That is not the same as there being none: schemes are announced by each comune, in Italian, and come and go. Watch a town from its page and we will tell you the day its scheme page changes.

The house is rarely the expensive part. Read what the one-euro houses really cost before bidding on anything.

The towns in Emilia-Romagna that most need people

Ranked by the Need Index: how fast the town is losing residents and how old its people are. These are where houses sit empty longest, where owners are most willing to sell, and where comuni run schemes to fill them.

1Ottone-19.1% · 397
2Morfasso-11.7% · 849
3Corte Brugnatella-11.4% · 521
4Farini-11% · 1,044
5Bore-10.9% · 628
6Palanzano-9.4% · 1,001
7Bardi-9% · 1,957
8Ferriere-8.8% · 1,087
9Frassinoro-9% · 1,721
10Premilcuore-9.3% · 680
11Tornolo-7.3% · 868
12Casteldelci-7.6% · 354
13Bobbio-7.2% · 3,322
14Monchio delle Corti-6.3% · 827
15Ventasso-7.1% · 3,846

Emilia-Romagna and the 7% tax

Emilia-Romagna is outside the zone. The 7% flat tax on foreign pensions applies only in the eight southern regions — the list of qualifying towns is here.

Every comune in Emilia-Romagna

All 330, by province. Each has its own page with its population trend, median age, scheme status and neighbours.