Pavia

For 2025 the Department of Finance lists for Pavia a municipal IRPEF surcharge in four brackets from 0.70% to 0.80%, and a zero-rate row for incomes up to 16,000 euros (resolution no. 13 of 7 April 2025, confirmation). Rents, prices per square metre and the pass are in the data.

Municipal public housing (SAP) is managed by the Comune's Servizi abitativi pubblici office at corso Garibaldi 69. For non-resident students EDiSU runs university colleges and a rent contribution (MUR funds). Rents and prices are in the data.

The Comune di Pavia gathers registry and civil-status services in one section: change of residence, CIE, online certificates, SPID and counter appointment booking. The civic library is the Biblioteca Bonetta, with a city library system.

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).

Pavia's urban service is run by Autoguidovie, with contactless tickets, an app and student and senior fares, plus UNIPASS and UNIPASS PLUS. The Comune has restricted-traffic zones and the Città 30 project, with 30 km/h on residential streets. Monthly pass price 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.

In Pavia the reference hospital is the IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo (viale Camillo Golgi 19), with a general emergency room and DEA in pavilion 43. ASST Pavia runs the Community House, vaccinations, family clinic and out-of-hours care (116117, site at piazzale Golgi 5).

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.

According to the 2025 Provincial Economic Report of the Cremona-Mantova-Pavia Chamber of Commerce, Pavia province contributes 3.4% of Lombardy's value added; services are 69.2% and industry 22.3%. Unemployment is 4.1% and employment grew by 2.1%.

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 Università di Pavia, the oldest university in Lombardy (Studium Generale of 1361), has sites in Pavia and Cremona, almost 24,000 enrolled students and 18 university colleges. EDiSU manages residences, canteens and study grants.

Pavia's identity rests on two legacies: its role as capital of the Lombard Kingdom and then of the Kingdom of Italy, and the university with its historic colleges. Neighbourhood participation runs through the Comitati di Quartiere, a municipal project to strengthen ties with the territory.

The Comune di Pavia regulates the 2026/27 heating season by ordinance: heating from 15 October to 15 April 2027, up to 10 hours a day until 30 October and 13 after, and 19 degrees (plus 2 tolerance) in homes. The Città 30 project also aims to improve air quality.

Visits include the Basilica di San Michele Maggiore, where the kings of Italy were crowned, the Basilica di San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro with St Augustine's Ark, the Visconti Castle with the Musei Civici, the cathedral, the Ponte Coperto and, just outside the city, the Certosa di Pavia, begun in 1396.

The Comune's calendar includes the Festival èCultura and Teatro Fraschini events. The Horti gardens of the Collegio Borromeo, on the Ticino, are free to visit.