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Canda: 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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Canda, a Polesine village in the low land between Adige and Po

The Polesine is the flat, low-lying land between the Adige and the Po, reclaimed over the centuries, and Canda is one of its small farming villages, a few metres above sea level. Next to the houses of the centre stands the Venetian villa of the Nani Mocenigo family with its park, while the rest of the territory is open countryside crossed by canals and drainage ditches.

Buyers here find detached houses and small villas with gardens, some old farmhouses and the prices of a lowland village. You need a car for almost everything, and should pay particular attention to damp in the walls and to the foundations, because reclaimed land often means clay soil and a high water table. The climate zone is E, with foggy winters.

The population has fallen sharply: Istat, the national statistics office, counted 820 residents in 2023, 187 fewer than in 2011, a fall of 18.6%. The average age of 49.7 is close to the 49.0 of the province of Rovigo, and over-65s make up 29.5%. Foreign residents account for 8.5%. Declared incomes are in line with the provincial average, just below it.

All 50 municipalities in the Polesine are in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection scale, and expected ground acceleration in Canda is about 0.082 g. The hazard is moderate; for an older building it is still worth knowing when the roof and floors were last worked on.

In low-lying land, water is the main issue. The report checks the official flood maps for the exact address, and on the plain these can change even between two neighbouring streets. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, so the report finds the land parcel from the address.

Key points

  • Farming village in the Polesine, between Adige and Po.
  • Residents down 18.6% since 2011.
  • All 50 Polesine municipalities in seismic zone 3.
  • Reclaimed land: check damp, foundations and flood hazard.

Overview

Canda is a municipality in the province of Rovigo, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 820 residents, among the smallest in the province (49 of 50).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Canda 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 0.082 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 18.6%. The estimated average age is 50 years, in line with the province. 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 8.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Canda declared an average taxable income of 22,713 euros, in line with the province (23,221 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Canda 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 10 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Canda has 1 school and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 per 1,000 residents.

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 7.8% of the land in Canda, compared with 8.4% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Canda 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 contaminated sites in Canda.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Canda: 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 Canda 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 15 inhabited census areas in Canda. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 2.8%
  • fair 97.2%

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 029010. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.