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Arconate: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Milano, Lombardia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Arconate, flat country in the Alto Milanese near Malpensa

Arconate lies in the Alto Milanese, the north-western corner of the province of Milan, where towns sit close together separated by fields, local roads and small industrial estates. The land is completely flat. Busto Arsizio and Legnano are the nearest towns for hospitals, secondary schools and shopping, Malpensa airport is a short drive away, and Milan is further off to the south-east.

A good part of the land here is already built on, between the old centre, estates of detached houses and workshops. Buyers mostly find houses, semi-detached homes and small blocks of flats, with few old buildings. There is no railway station in the municipality, so most journeys are made by car and the commute needs to be worked out carefully.

Arconate has grown: 6,808 residents in 2023, up 4.4% on 2011, with households of 2.44 people on average. It is also younger than the province: over-65s are 20.9% against 23.0%, and the average age is 44.8. Foreign residents make up 4.5%. For a small town the basics are covered, with 35 services recorded in all, from schools and pharmacies to sports grounds and cafés.

Seismic hazard is the lowest in the national classification set by the Civil Protection department: zone 4, shared with 72 other municipalities in the province, and an expected ground acceleration of about 0.039 g. In the houses built in the 1970s and 1980s, insulation, windows and the boiler matter more, because winters are cold (climate zone E) and the energy rating affects both bills and price.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps cover the municipality, so the report goes from the address to the plot. From there it also checks flood hazard, which on the plain depends on nearby irrigation ditches and canals.

Key points

  • Flat Alto Milanese, near Busto Arsizio, Legnano and Malpensa.
  • Population up 4.4% since 2011.
  • Over-65s at 20.9%, fewer than across the province.
  • Seismic zone 4, the lowest.

Overview

Arconate is a municipality in the province of Milano, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 6,808 residents, ranked 86 of 133 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Arconate is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (73 of 133) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.039 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 4.4%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 4.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Arconate declared an average taxable income of 27,204 euros, below the provincial average (33,635 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Arconate is in climate zone E, with 2,634 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 178 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Arconate has 4 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 3 healthcare facilities, 2 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.1 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.3).

Public transport

The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Arconate.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 25.2% of the land in Arconate, compared with 32.0% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Arconate is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Lombardia in 2023. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list no open contaminated sites in Arconate; 3 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Arconate: 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 Arconate 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 23 inhabited census areas in Arconate. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 15.9%
  • good 84.1%

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 015007. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.