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Colturano: 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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Colturano, farmland south-east of Milan near Melegnano

South-east of Milan, where the city gives way to irrigated fields and farmsteads, Colturano is a small farming municipality between San Giuliano Milanese and Melegnano. The village is on the plain, with a compact centre and farmsteads (cascine) scattered across the surrounding countryside.

For people working in Milan it is a practical location: the suburban railway stations at San Giuliano and Melegnano are close by, and the city can also be reached by car, traffic permitting. Buyers mostly find detached and terraced houses and flats in small, recent blocks. Some cascine have been converted into homes. The municipality has 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket and 2 school sites; for everything else, residents rely on nearby towns.

The population is young: an average age of 43.0 against 45.6 for the Metropolitan City of Milan, with 16.8% over 65. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 2,039 residents in 2023, up 4.5% on 2011, and foreign nationals make up 8.5%. Declared incomes are below the Milan average.

Colturano is in seismic zone 3, like 59 other municipalities in the metropolitan area, with expected ground acceleration of 0.060 g, a low level. In converted farmsteads, check how the old walls and the new structures have been joined.

On a plain crossed by irrigation ditches and canals, flooding should be checked on the address. The report locates the parcel on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps and compares it with the official flood maps.

Key points

  • Plain south-east of Milan, between San Giuliano and Melegnano.
  • Average age 43.0, below the metropolitan area.
  • Population up 4.5% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.060 g.

Overview

Colturano is a municipality in the province of Milano, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,039 residents, among the smallest in the province (127 of 133).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Colturano is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 60 of 133 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.060 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 4.5%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (46). 17% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 8.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Colturano declared an average taxable income of 28,582 euros, below the provincial average (33,635 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Colturano is in climate zone E, with 2,404 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 92 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Colturano has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 1 healthcare facility and 3 sports facilities.

There are 1.0 schools per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.6).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 16.1% of the land in Colturano, 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

Colturano 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 contaminated sites in Colturano.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Colturano: 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 Colturano 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 6 inhabited census areas in Colturano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 35.8%
  • good 64.2%

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 015082. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.