Novara

The waste tax (TARI) is collected by the Comune, which must cover the full cost of the service; the provincial environmental levy is added on top. Assessment notices increasingly arrive digitally through SEND. Rents, OMI prices and the transport pass are in the data.

Social housing is allocated through calls issued by the Comune and rankings drawn up by a regional commission; ATC del Piemonte Nord, legally based in Novara, collects the applications. Out-of-town students can compete for a place in the city's three EDISU residences.

The registry office at via Fratelli Rosselli 1 handles residence transfers, changes of address and identity documents. The market is held every day on viale Dante. Waste-collection calendars and methods are on the Comune's waste-transparency portal.

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).

Novara station has 14 passenger tracks, with a bus stop, cycle lanes and charging points outside. The historic centre is a limited traffic zone with access by municipal permit. From mid-September to mid-April the anti-smog traffic light can add temporary traffic restrictions.

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 comes under ASL NO (head office at viale Roma 7), organised into the Area Nord, Area Sud and Città di Novara territorial structures. The city hospital is the Maggiore della Carità university hospital trust at corso Mazzini 18, classed as of national standing and high specialisation. GP choice and revocation can be done online; bookings via the toll-free number 800 000 500.

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.

Novara's economy grew in the 20th century on textiles, engineering, chemicals, printing and food, alongside rice and cereals. The job centre on via San Francesco d'Assisi works by appointment; since 2023 it has hosted a youth employment desk run with the Comune's Informagiovani.

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 Eastern Piedmont, established on 30 July 1998 as a spin-off from the University of Turin, has three poles: Alessandria, Novara and Vercelli. Novara hosts the School of Medicine at Palazzo Bellini, the Perrone complex (economics, medicine and law teaching), the Sant'Agabio pole (pharmaceutical sciences) and the clinics of the Maggiore della Carità hospital.

A Roman municipium, the see of Bishop Gaudentius, a free commune in the Lombard League, then ruled by the Visconti, the Sforza, the Spanish and, from 1738, the House of Savoy. On 23 March 1849 the battle of the Bicocca led to Charles Albert's abdication. Around the city, hamlets and farmsteads on a plain of rice and cereals.

Novara is among the Plain Zone municipalities where the regional anti-smog traffic light applies temporary traffic restrictions to prevent the daily PM10 limit from being exceeded. Arpa Piemonte updates it three times a week from 15 September to 15 April; the current level is shown on the Comune's home page.

Antonelli's dome of San Gaudenzio, about 121 metres high, can be climbed on guided visits at weekends in the warmer months, booked online. In the centre, the cathedral, the Visconti-Sforza Castle with the local tourist agency and small civic museums such as the Exporisorgimento and the Toy Museum.

Novara has three theatres listed by the Comune: the Coccia, run by a foundation; the Civico Teatro Faraggiana, founded in 1905; and the Teatro di Pernate, run by volunteers. The 2026/27 seasons of the Coccia and Faraggiana are in the local tourist agency's calendar. The Allea park and the Children's Park are the result of a green redevelopment.