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Cornaredo: 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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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 Giuseppe Garibaldi 1, Cornaredo.

Cornaredo and San Pietro all'Olmo, west of Milan

Cornaredo belongs to the first ring of towns west of Milan, between Settimo Milanese and Bareggio. It has two centres, Cornaredo itself and the village of San Pietro all'Olmo, and around them patches of countryside with farmsteads and fields hold out among housing estates, business parks and major roads.

There is no railway station and no metro line. The open public transport timetables list 26 stops served by 3 bus lines, running towards Milan and neighbouring towns. For anyone working in the city, what counts is the walk to the nearest stop and the drive to the western end of the red metro line. Homes are mostly apartment blocks and houses from recent decades; the old cores keep a few restored Lombard courtyard buildings.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 20,693 residents in 2023, 2.8% more than in 2011. The average age is 46.2, over-65s make up 23.9% and foreign nationals 7.3%, fewer than in many towns around Milan. Incomes are good but below the provincial average, which Milan itself pulls upwards. Services on record include 14 schools and 9 supermarkets, both above the provincial rate per resident; cafés and restaurants are sparser, and for evenings out many head into the city.

Seismic hazard is low: Cornaredo is in zone 4 of the Civil Protection classification, like 72 other municipalities in the province, and expected ground acceleration is about 0.042 g. In apartment blocks, the age of the heating system, the energy rating, the running costs and any extraordinary works already approved matter more; these are the papers to request from the building manager before signing a preliminary contract.

Built-up land covers a large part of the municipality. Near watercourses and irrigation channels flood hazard should be checked for the address, which the report does alongside finding the plot on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Two centres, Cornaredo and San Pietro all'Olmo, west of Milan.
  • 26 stops served by 3 bus lines.
  • 20,693 residents, up 2.8% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected ground acceleration about 0.042 g.

Overview

Cornaredo is a municipality in the province of Milano, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 20,693 residents, ranked 28 of 133 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Cornaredo is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (73 of 133) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.042 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 2.8%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 7.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Cornaredo declared an average taxable income of 28,916 euros, below the provincial average (33,635 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Cornaredo is in climate zone E, with 2,386 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 146 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Cornaredo has 14 schools and 6 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 9 grocery shops and supermarkets, 14 healthcare facilities, 15 sports facilities and 6 parks and green areas.

There are 0.4 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.3).

Public transport

Within the municipality there are 26 public transport stops, served by 3 bus lines. That is about 1.3 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 39.2% of the land in Cornaredo, compared with 32.0% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.3 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Cornaredo 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 3 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Cornaredo, 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 Cornaredo: 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 Cornaredo 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 38 inhabited census areas in Cornaredo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 78 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 0.4%
  • good 80.2%
  • very good 19.4%

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 015087. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.