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Bovolone: what to know before buying a home

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

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Search for an address in Bovolone

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 Madonna 1, Bovolone.

Bovolone, the lower Verona plain and its furniture makers

Drive through Bovolone and the first thing you notice is the furniture trade. This sizeable town on the plain south-east of Verona, in the area locals call the Bassa veronese, is part of a district known for classic and reproduction furniture, and its outskirts are full of workshops, factories and showrooms. All around is flat farmland with old rural courtyards and scattered houses.

The market offers houses in the centre, detached and semi-detached homes on newer estates, and farm buildings (rustici) in the countryside, often needing renovation. Verona is about twenty kilometres away by car on plain roads where lorries are common. With a rustico to restore, have a surveyor look at load-bearing walls, roof and damp before making an offer.

At the end of 2023 Bovolone had 16,166 residents, up 2.0% since 2011 (Istat, the national statistics office). Foreign residents make up 13.0%, over-65s 21.3% against 23.2% in the province, and households average 2.50 people. Declared incomes are below the Verona average.

Among recorded services, supermarkets stand out at 0.93 per 1,000 residents against 0.48 in the province, along with 21 sports facilities, while cafés and restaurants are thinner on the ground than elsewhere in the province.

The province of Verona is split between two seismic zones: 55 municipalities are in zone 2 and 43 in zone 3. Bovolone is in zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.108 g. On plain soils, foundations and rising damp matter. The report checks flood hazard for the exact address and finds the plot on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps.

Key points

  • Lower Verona plain, in a classic furniture-making district.
  • Foreign residents 13.0%, households of 2.50 people.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.108 g.
  • Country farm buildings, often needing renovation.

Overview

Bovolone is a municipality in the province of Verona, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 16,166 residents, ranked 12 of 98 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bovolone is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 43 of 98 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.108 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 2.0%. 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 13.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bovolone declared an average taxable income of 22,053 euros, below the provincial average (25,520 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bovolone is in climate zone E, with 2,336 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 24 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bovolone has 10 schools and 5 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 15 grocery shops and supermarkets, 8 healthcare facilities, 21 sports facilities and 4 parks and green areas.

There are 0.9 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more 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 17.5% of the land in Bovolone, compared with 13.4% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Bovolone 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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Bovolone, and 7 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 Bovolone: 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 Bovolone 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 81 inhabited census areas in Bovolone. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 63 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.2%
  • fair 51.4%
  • good 48.4%

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 023012. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.