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Alfonsine: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Borse 1, Alfonsine.

Alfonsine, the Senio plain rebuilt after the war

In the winter of 1944 to 1945 the front line of the Second World War stalled for months along the river Senio, and Alfonsine, which stands right on its banks, was almost completely destroyed. Today's town was largely rebuilt after the war, with buildings from that period, in the middle of the Romagna plain between Ravenna and the border with the province of Ferrara. The poet Vincenzo Monti was born here, and the town remembers him.

The countryside is flat and low, just a few metres above sea level, given over to orchards and arable crops and crossed by embankments and drainage canals. Alfonsine has a station on the Ravenna to Ferrara railway, and Ravenna is also a short drive away. The market consists of detached houses, small villas, post-war blocks of flats and farmhouses in the countryside, generally cheaper than in Ravenna or on the coast.

The population is ageing and shrinking. Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 11,557 residents in 2023, 688 fewer than in 2011, a fall of 5.6%. The estimated average age is 49.0 against 47.4 in the province, and over-65s make up 29.6% against 26.0%. Foreign residents account for 11.9%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Nearly the whole province of Ravenna is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection Department's scale, and Alfonsine is one of these 17 municipalities. Expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.160 g. Many post-war buildings went up quickly with poor materials, so for a house from that period find out whether work has been done on the structure, floors and roof.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report finds the plot from the address. The floods that hit Romagna in May 2023 showed how much embankments and canals matter on such low-lying land. With the Senio and several canals crossing the municipality, flood hazard is the first thing to check for the individual address.

Key points

  • Town on the river Senio, rebuilt after the war.
  • Station on the Ravenna to Ferrara railway.
  • Over-65s at 29.6%, against 26.0% in the province.
  • Low-lying plain: flood hazard checked address by address.

Overview

Alfonsine is a municipality in the province of Ravenna, in Emilia-Romagna. At the end of 2023 it had 11,557 residents, ranked 7 of 18 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Alfonsine is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (17 of 18) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.160 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Alfonsine, the building matters a great deal: ask for the design year, whether it met the 2008 seismic standards, and whether any seismic retrofit has been carried out.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 5.6%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 11.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Alfonsine declared an average taxable income of 23,767 euros, below the provincial average (25,184 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Alfonsine is in climate zone E, with 2,416 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 6 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Alfonsine has 6 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 8 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities, 5 sports facilities and 5 parks and green areas.

There are 0.2 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 7.9% of the land in Alfonsine, compared with 10.5% in the province and 9.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land shrank by 0.5 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Alfonsine is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Emilia-Romagna in 2026. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Alfonsine, and 2 more have been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Alfonsine: the report checks the address against the ISPRA maps.

House prices

The Revenue Agency's price ranges per square metre (OMI) apply to zones, not to whole municipalities: the report gives the range for the address's zone.

Land registry

The cadastral maps for Alfonsine are public: from the address the report finds the sheet and parcel number.

Liveability area by area

The Vicinalia liveability index runs from 0 to 100 and looks at the place, not the people who live there: services within walking distance, transport, green space, natural hazards, air, quiet, buildings and connection. Here it is worked out at the centre of each of the 83 inhabited census areas in Alfonsine. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 15.0%
  • fair 70.7%
  • good 14.3%

Vicinalia index by census area, licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Data: IdroGEO ISPRA (2026), Istat, INGV, EEA, AGCOM, Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.

The colour is the value at the centre of the area. For an exact address, search for it above: the free check looks at that exact point. How the index is worked out

Data sources

ISTAT code 039001. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.