Modena

For 2025 Modena applies a 0.8% municipal IRPEF surcharge with an exemption up to 15,000 euros of taxable income. The city has opened its own rent call for households with a very low ISEE; UNIMORE refunds part of the rent to students from out of town. OMI rents and prices are in the data.

Public housing is managed by ACER Modena, based at viale Cialdini 5, which also offers homes at agreed (canone concordato) rents and auctions public-housing units. Market rents and prices in the OMI quotations.

For identity cards, residence and civil status the Comune di Modena receives by appointment, bookable online, by phone or in person; registry certificates can be downloaded online from the municipal ACCEDO Next portal or the national ANPR.

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).

Modena's urban network has 14 lines, 3 of them trolleybus routes, running from about 6:00 to 20:30 on school weekdays; it is planned by aMo, a public agency of the province and municipalities. The Enzo Ferrari Museum is a few minutes' walk from the station; a Ferrari Museums shuttle links it to Maranello.

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.

The city is one of the seven districts of the AUSL of Modena. The University Hospital Trust, created on 1 January 2019, brings together the Policlinico (largo del Pozzo 71) and the Baggiovara Civil Hospital, the provincial reference centre for trauma, heart attack and stroke. The CAU is on the ground floor of the Policlinico (daily 8–24); the out-of-hours doctor answers on 800 032032.

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 the province of Modena has a 69.7% employment rate and 4.4% unemployment (Chamber of Commerce). Exports are mostly vehicles, machinery and ceramics; in 2024 new employee jobs came from trade, hotels and restaurants, while industry lost a few.

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.

UNIMORE traces its origins to around 1175, when Pillio da Medicina opened a law school in Modena; since 1998 it has been a networked university across Modena and Reggio Emilia, with a hub in Mantua. The Modena seat is at via Università 4; Engineering has existed since 1990.

The municipal coat of arms is a blue cross shield on a gold field with the motto "Avia Pervia"; the banner is decorated with the gold medal for military valour for the war of liberation. The city is divided into Quartieri, with councils dating from 1967; a former Este capital; city of Enzo Ferrari and of the theatre named after Pavarotti and Freni.

From 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027 the municipality's anti-smog plan restricts the most polluting vehicles in the built-up area, with ecological Sundays and emergency measures. Because the "Giardini" station has already exceeded the daily PM10 limit more than 25 times, extra measures apply until 31 December.

Cathedral, Ghirlandina and Piazza Grande (UNESCO 1997) with the Cathedral Museums; the Ducal Palace with weekend guided tours; the Enzo Ferrari Museum and, in Maranello, the Ferrari Museum; the Pavarotti House Museum; the municipal vinegar loft (closed for works). Tourist office at Piazza Grande 14.

festivalfilosofia fills squares and courtyards in Modena, Carpi and Sassuolo for three days with open lectures; the Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni hosts the city season. In summer the Ghirlandina opens in the evening on Saturdays in August.