Bologna ranked Italy’s smartest city for second consecutive year

The City Vision Score 2026-27 report has ranked Bologna as Italy’s smartest city for the second consecutive year, achieving a perfect score of 100 points. Pordenone secured second place with 99.96 points, while Casalecchio di Reno took third with 99 points.

Emilia-Romagna demonstrated significant strength in the rankings, with 23 municipalities appearing in the top 100, trailing only Lombardy. The province of Bologna also showed high performance, with 14 municipalities in the top 100.

In the Brescia province, the city of Brescia ranked fifth nationally for smartness and innovation. Among municipalities with over 100,000 inhabitants, Brescia placed third in Northern Italy, following Bologna and Bergamo. Seven municipalities from the Brescia province, including Roncadelle and Erbusco, were featured in the national top 100. The index, curated by Blum and Prokalos, evaluates 7,896 Italian municipalities across six categories: governance, economy, environment, quality of life, mobility, and citizen participation.