Imperia

For 2025 the Finance Department lists a flat 0.8% municipal IRPEF surcharge for Imperia, with no exemption threshold (resolution no. 97 of 17 December 2024, marked as a confirmation). The municipal site links to a TARI transparency portal. Rents, house prices and the bus pass are in the data.

Public housing is run by A.R.T.E. Imperia, a public economic body of the Liguria Region, with an office at piazza Ricci 2. Allocation calls are published for groups of municipalities (bacini) in the site's Pubblicazioni section. Market rents and prices are in the data.

For registry and civil status services the Municipality of Imperia has a service page and an online appointment booking; municipal offices are at viale Giacomo Matteotti 157. For waste the portal points to an external TARI site.

To enter with a dog, cat or ferret you need a microchip, an EU pet passport or health certificate and a valid rabies vaccination. Mandatory registration in the regional pet register, lead at all times and a muzzle to hand. Pets allowed on trains under Trenitalia rules and in apartment buildings by law.

Rules depend on who is arriving: EU/EEA/Swiss citizens (no visa, registration with the Comune after three months), non-EU citizens for stays up to 90 days (Schengen rule, type C visa where required) and for long stays (national type D visa and a residence permit within eight working days of arrival).

Local public transport is run by Riviera Trasporti S.p.A., which links the coast and valleys of the province and runs the Imperia-Cuneo line. The 2026 Service Charter can be downloaded from the site. Pass prices are in the data.

Euro, cards accepted almost everywhere, a legal cash limit. Anyone living in Italy for most of the year is tax resident and taxed on worldwide income under three IRPEF brackets; specific regimes exist for the self-employed (forfettario), inbound workers, foreign pensioners and new residents. Contributions go to INPS; annual return with the 730 or Redditi form.

Imperia is in ASL 1's Imperia health district, headquartered at Bussana di Sanremo. In the city the Palasalute (via Acquarone 9) hosts the CUP, vaccinations and family clinic; the out-of-hours doctor has the toll-free number 800554400 and is active every day from 20:00 to 08:00 (by day too at weekends and on holidays).

Non-EU pensioners enter with the elective residence visa, EU pensioners through free movement; public healthcare is accessible by compulsory or voluntary registration. Optional 7% regime on foreign income for those moving to small southern municipalities. Cheap houses in villages, services concentrated in cities.

A VAT number (partita IVA) from the Agenzia delle Entrate for freelancers; for businesses the Comunicazione Unica to the Registro delle Imprese, which also notifies the Agenzia, INPS, INAIL and SUAP. Main forms: sole proprietorship, SNC/SAS, SRL and SRLS, SPA. Compulsory PEC, annual chamber fee, e-invoicing. Invitalia incentives; non-EU citizens need a self-employment permit or the investor visa.

The University of Genoa's list of bachelor's courses gives Imperia as the site of Computer Engineering (taught in English), Tourism Sciences: Business, Culture and Territory, and Mediterranean Agri-food Sciences and Cultures, all open access; Nursing also lists Imperia among its sites.

Imperia identifies with its two historic centres, Oneglia and Porto Maurizio. Saint Leonard, born in the Parasio district of Porto Maurizio, has been the city's patron since 1991; the municipality presents the choice as a way of joining the religious traditions of the two centres.

The municipality highlights Saint Leonard's birthplace in the Parasio, the C. Carli Olive Museum, the Nativity Museum and civic art gallery, the Communication Museum and two sanctuaries, including Santa Croce al Monte Calvario with its view.