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Borgo Virgilio: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Mantova, Lombardia. 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 Cisa 1, Borgo Virgilio.

Borgo Virgilio, between the Mincio, the Po and Mantua

Borgo Virgilio is a young municipality, created in 2014 by merging Virgilio and Borgoforte, just south of Mantua. The name honours the Latin poet Virgil, who by tradition was born at Andes, a place identified with Pietole, now one of its villages. The area runs from the edge of the city along the river Mincio down to the floodplain of the Po at Borgoforte.

The two halves are different. Towards Mantua, in Cerese and Pietole, residential districts grew as an extension of the city, with detached houses and low blocks a short way from the centre. Borgoforte, on the Po, is more rural, with the village close to the flood embankment and farmhouses scattered through the fields. In practice buyers choose between a suburb of Mantua and a country village.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 15,074 residents in 2023, up 4.7% on 2011. Borgo Virgilio ranks 6 by size in the province. The estimated average age is 45.6 against 46.4, over-65s make up 23.4% and foreign residents 13.9%. Declared incomes are in line with the Mantua average.

The municipality is in seismic zone 3, like 59 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.085 g. In 2012 the Emilia earthquake also caused damage in the southern part of the province, not far from here. For an old house or a converted farmhouse, find out whether checks or repairs were carried out after those tremors.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps. For a house near the Po or the Mincio, flood hazard is the first thing to check: the golena, the land between the river and its embankment, is what floods when the river is high, and the report identifies it from the address.

Key points

  • Formed in 2014 from Virgilio and Borgoforte, south of Mantua.
  • Mantua suburbs on one side, farmland on the Po on the other.
  • 15,074 residents, foreign residents at 13.9%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.085 g.

Overview

Borgo Virgilio is a municipality in the province of Mantova, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 15,074 residents, among the most populous in the province (6 of 64).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Borgo Virgilio is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (59 of 64) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.085 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 grown by 4.7%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 13.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Borgo Virgilio declared an average taxable income of 25,411 euros, in line with the province (25,367 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Borgo Virgilio is in climate zone E, with 2,388 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 19 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Borgo Virgilio has 8 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 8 grocery shops and supermarkets, 5 healthcare facilities, 12 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.2 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.3).

Public transport

Within the municipality there are 1 public transport stops. That is about 0.1 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 10.3% of the land in Borgo Virgilio, compared with 10.7% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.5 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Borgo Virgilio 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Borgo Virgilio, and one more has 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 Borgo Virgilio: 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 Borgo Virgilio 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 144 inhabited census areas in Borgo Virgilio. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 3.2%
  • fair 62.3%
  • good 34.4%

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 020071. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.