Massa

For 2025 the Finance Department lists for Massa a municipal IRPEF surcharge with four rates, from 0.63% to 0.8%, with an exemption up to 11,999.99 euro; the sheet notes that the rate was entered ex officio. Rents and house prices are in the data.

For 2026 the Comune di Massa published the call for the rent contribution (law 431/1998): Massa residents with a registered lease, ISE up to 32,724.49 euro and assets within the limits, with a yearly contribution of up to 3,100 euro in band A and 2,325 in band B. Applications are online only, with a help desk and partner CAFs. Rents and prices are in the data.

The Municipality of Massa's site organises services in fifteen categories, including Anagrafe e stato civile, Mobility and transport and Taxes; it has a dedicated TARI page and a Traffic section. Market and library hours are not given on the pages consulted.

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).

Public transport is run by Autolinee Toscane: in Massa and Carrara the "urbano capoluogo" ticket applies. The centre has a ZTL with 8 electronic gates, some active 24 hours a day and others in the evening and on public holidays; permits are requested online with SPID or CIE. The Comune's public relations office issues the coupon for ISEE-based discounted passes.

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.

Massa belongs to the Zona Apuane of the USL Toscana nord ovest. The Apuane Hospital (NOA), at via Enrico Mattei 21, is described as the provincial reference hospital for acute and complex cases; district offices are on via Bassa Tambura, at Marina di Massa and at Villette.

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.

In 2025 exports from the province of Massa-Carrara exceeded 3 billion euro for the first time (+50.4%), driven by machinery tied to large orders, while the stone sector declined. Firms in the municipality of Massa grew by 1.0%. The job centre is at viale della Stazione 65.

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.

Massa hosts one of the five teaching centres of the University of Pisa's degree in Nursing (class L/SNT1); the course's branch seats are located at the Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest (local health authority). Admission is to a limited number of places.

Massa's layout reads in two periods: the medieval core under the Malaspina Castle and the Renaissance town on the plain, with Piazza Aranci at the centre of straight streets. The coast was added later, with Marina di Massa and its beach establishments.

Massa is in seismic zone 3 in the Civil Protection classification (May 2025). According to ISPRA IdroGEO, 37.5% of residents live in medium-hazard flood areas and 8.8% in high or very high landslide-hazard areas. ARPAT counts 239 sites under remediation procedures in the municipality; in 2024 PM10 exceeded the daily threshold on a single day.

According to Italia.it, Massa's centre is visited around the Malaspina Castle, the rock, Piazza Aranci and the church of San Rocco; behind it is the Apuan Alps Regional Park, in front Marina di Massa. The municipality also highlights the Teatro Guglielmi, Villa della Rinchiostra and the Martana air-raid shelter.

Among the places the Comune lists are the Teatro Guglielmi, Villa della Rinchiostra with its garden and the Martana air-raid shelter. In summer the Comune supports festivals such as Massa picta at Villa Rinchiostra and Lungomare da leggere at Villa Cuturi. The municipal library lends books; the sports hall allocates space to clubs.