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Badia Polesine: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Rovigo, Veneto. 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 Colombano 4, Badia Polesine.

Badia Polesine, the Vangadizza abbey and the Adige embankment

The Adige runs high here, held between embankments that tower over the roofs of the nearest houses. Badia Polesine grew up on its bank, in the western Polesine area, around the abbey of the Vangadizza, which gave the town its name ("badia" means abbey). Rovigo lies to the east, Lendinara is a few kilometres away, and to the west the plain continues into the province of Verona towards Legnago.

For its size the town carries weight in the province: it ranks 6 out of 50 municipalities by population and is home to 4.5% of the province's residents. It has a station on the railway between Rovigo and Verona, and its schools, shops and services also serve the smaller villages around it.

Buyers need to think about the river. In the Polesine the main rivers are embanked and sit higher than the surrounding fields, so the ground level beneath a house matters. The report reads the official flood hazard maps for the address. For an existing home it is also worth asking about damp on the lower floors and the state of the foundations, because the silty and clay soils here shift with both water and drought.

At the end of 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 10,225 residents, down 3.0% since 2011, a smaller fall than in many Polesine towns. Badia is younger than its province, which is older than the Veneto average: 25.2% of residents are over 65 against 28.1%. The share of foreign residents is high at 13.1%.

Every municipality in the province of Rovigo is in seismic zone 3, on the Civil Protection Department's scale from 1 (highest hazard) to 4, and expected ground acceleration here is about 0.073 g, a low value. Winters are cold and foggy (climate zone E), so insulation and heating matter in an older house. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps and the report identifies the plot.

Key points

  • On the Adige in western Polesine, with a station on the Rovigo-Verona line.
  • Home to 4.5% of the province's residents.
  • Embanked river and low land: check flood hazard for the address.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.073 g.

Overview

Badia Polesine is a municipality in the province of Rovigo, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 10,225 residents, ranked 6 of 50 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Badia Polesine is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. All 50 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.073 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 3.0%. The estimated average age is 47 years, lower than the province average (49). 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 13.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Badia Polesine declared an average taxable income of 22,571 euros, in line with the province (23,221 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Badia Polesine is in climate zone E, with 2,355 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 11 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Badia Polesine has 10 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 8 grocery shops and supermarkets, 7 healthcare facilities, 8 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.3 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.4).

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 15.5% of the land in Badia Polesine, compared with 8.4% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Badia Polesine is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Veneto in 2025. 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 Badia Polesine; 2 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Badia Polesine: 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 Badia Polesine 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 243 inhabited census areas in Badia Polesine. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 10.1%
  • fair 51.2%
  • good 38.7%

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 029004. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.